Evening journal., 1897-02-09
LAW ALREADY EXISTS.
Mr.. Alrichs' Superhuous Bill
Regarding Estates OF Aliens.
IOMPULsION NOT NECESSARY


HEALTH LIEN BILL-OTHER
MEASURES INTRODUCED IN
SENATE AND HOUSE.
stan Correspondence Evening Journal
DOVER, Feb 9.--Two years ago Rep
resentative Sypherd. of East Dover
hundred. became soicitous for the
well-being and protection OF the song
birds of Delaware lie had an elabOr-
ate bin framed and introduced It I'm
the House. IL had it's several readings.
was reported favorably and passed the
lower branch. It was carried to the
Senate and, after passing through the
several stages, was put on its passage.
| Then it was that Senator Pyle arose
and, handing a Revised Code to the
reading clerk. requested him to read a
chapter which he indicated. He did
So and IL was found that the existing
! law and the Sypherd bill we're identical
in their provisions and almost ldenu-
cal in language. lt is sufficient TO say
that the Sypherd bill met its death then
and there.
He played the same laughabie game
on the House i'm the Senate yesterday
Senator Alrichs reported favorably, and
! had read for passage the House bill i'm
relation to the estates Of aliens and
their title thereto. After il had been
read Mr. Pyle stated that he would like
/ the committee to explain what the bill
meant The demand brought Mr. AL
richs to his feet. and he said:
"If the senator had paid attention to
the reading of the bill he would have
understood IL. 1t simply confers the
same right upon persons who are not
naturalized in regard to holding and
selling property and having the right to
make use of the laws of this state on
bond, mortgage or otherwise. and also
| allows them TO will their
| property TO their wives and
children and to enable them to take the
property just the same as though these
people were naturalized. 1t must be
that under the law as It is at present
they do not have that right. IL would
seem but right and proper that person
who had been living I'm this country
three or four years and neglected 20
get naturalized and acquired property
ought to have the right to will that
property to his legal heirs Also, if in
BUSINESS, he should have the right to
sue under the laws of the state to coll
lect bills due him. This bill does not
, give him any advantages not possessed
by persons who are naturalized or who
Alt 'UOlM III AHin 1hunti A. WVNAh
! seem TO me that It would be but right
and fair to grant them those rights"
p "The senator has said that II / had
paid attention to the reading Of the bill
/ would have understood IL. said Mr.
! Pyle. "The ony reply ! have to make
Y Is that the senator has not read the
Revised Code very closely or he would
y find that all that Is contained In that
J, bill is TO be found on page 6l9 Of the
= Revised Code. If it is not too much
{ trouble to the reading clerk | will get
I him to read it, and we can see If 1t does
/. not meet that case
= The clerk read il and it was found
! that It did cover the case exactly There
! was a hearty laugh in which even Sem
! ator Alrichs Joined, although il was on
i him.
+ "This bill was passed at Dover on
!. March l6. 1S93," continued Mr.. Pyle. Il
u think it is a better bill than the one
. just read. IL is stronger and more ex-
press No man can 90 behind that bill
u If he has any respect for law and or
der. There can be nothing palmer than
! that ! understand that there has been
J. some legislation on this question since
+, then, but | can't just place my hand
d on IT,"
!; 81 am not responsible for that bin. "
|. answered Mr. Alrichs 81 supposed
+ that, from the fact of It being here.
e such aliens didn't have the right to do
4, these things. That law just read shows
that they have the right. 1t was sent
+ down by some attorney, / suppose who
j. Is not well up on the contents of the
l. Revised Code. /, therefore, say that it
J. is not worth while to pass it,"
n "TO my mind it seems to indicate
that we are not all infallible," said Mr..
Pyle. Then the bill was killed by
unanimous vote.
e FESTIVE MISPILLION HUNDRED.
- Senator Pierce will give notice of an
(, act to amend chapter 653, volume 49,
Laws OF Delaware. The law in ques-
!, ton regulates the taking OF oysters
/, from the beds In Mispillion river. The
~ present law provides that the oyster
'd men who work on the beds shall not
. take more than twelve bushels a day
4, But they cleverly evade the spirit OF
n the law In this way: They go down tC
the oyster grounds, say on Tuesday
evening, and take twelve bushels Then
they anchor until next day which is
Wednesday, and take twelve bushels
y more They then anchor until mid
>. night, and as soon as their watches in
40 dicate that it Is Thursday morning they
y catch twelve bushels more, or thirty
\. six in all, and sail up to market witt
ce them, thus violating the spirit, but mo-
yn the letter of the law
le The amendments to be introduced by
Ut Mr.. Pierce will break up this practice
which is fast depicting the oyster sup
ply. and will provide that no boat shal
a take more than nine bushels of oys
ters in any one day, and that not NOR
ed than nine bushels shall be brought q
es the wharf at any one time in any on
IN boat under penalty Of fine and confsca
ne tion of craft and outfit. They also pro
III vide for the appointment of an oyste
ly policeman at a salary of $1.50 a da.
u during the oyster season, which begin
on October l and ends on March IA.
NO LIMIT ON STOCK.
i'll Representative Mccullough has
in hand for introduction an act to incoI
-o- Dorate the Central Market Company q