Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-02-04
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The bill concerning actions againat
the city, of which notice has been given
by Mr.. Taylor, will be amended SO that
the time for bringing actions will be
exended to one year. instead OF four
months. ~
In the Senate the resolution provd.
ing for the employ ment of a typewritar,
which was adopted ON Tuesday, was
reconsider6d and indefinitely post
poncd. Senator Handy, who had
offered the resolution. atill thought
that the members should know tho
nature of all bills, and in order TO ac
complish the next best thing offered a
resolution providing that 100 copies Of
all corporation bills shal! he printed at
tho expense of the corporation seeking
legislation before they are acted upon
by committees. there was some oppo-
sition. Senator Fenimore thought a
joint resolution should have been
offered. but Mr.. Handy said bo pre-
ferred to have the Senate take care OF
itself and let the "house of aommons'
alone, and he thought it was only right
that the members should be enabled 70
inform their constituents concerning
corporation bills. Tho resolution was
adopted.
The Senate adopted joint resolution
appointing james Megary, William
Baxter and Henry G. Conrad directors
Of the Wilmington branch OF the
Farmers Bank.
Dover, Jan. 80. The chief incident
OF yesterday's session Of the General
Assembly was the reading of the bill
providing q new charter for the town of
Clay which was introduced by Mr..
Davis in the House OF Representatives.
The bill was the most yoluminous me1s-
ure yet presented to either house aud
it took Reading Cierl. G.. W. Kern and
Attorney Il. r. Cochran. Jr.. more
than an hour to read 1t. Among other
things the charter provides for a coun-
Gil of five members, one TO be elected
on the first Saturday in May Of each
year to serve five years. Tho members
0f the first council are to serve one,
two, three, four and fiye yeara respect
lively. The council is to elect au alder
man each year. also a president, secre.
tary and treasurer, and appoint a col
lector of taxes and assessor and as many
town cOnstables as shall bo deemed
necessary they, with the Kent county
constables. to constitute the police force
of the town.
Mr.. Hazel introduced in the House
joint resolution authorizing the Stats
Treasurer to pay to the trustees of the
state College for ColOred Students
So, 900. TO be applied to replacing the
portion OF the buildings which was re
csntly carried away by a cyclone and
also to make other necessary improve
ments. Mr.. Hazel explained that 81, 600
hud been borrowed to orepair the damage,
and tho additional S3, 900 is to be ap
plied to the erection of.a barn, the col
loge never having owned one and being
required to use portion of the college
building for storing grain. He also
stated that in urisr 10 receive the
SIS, 900 government appropriation it is
| incumbent on the State to maintain tho
building. The resolution was referred
to the committee on appropriations.
The bill incorporating the Yukon
Mining, Trading and Transportation
| Co. arrived yesterday and was read in
| the House of Representatives.. Tho
| propuBed corporators are Preston Lea,
| Willard Salisbury, Jr., ana Charles II.
| flutchings, all residents of Whining
| ton, and tine objects of the company
are to prospect, examine, explore, mine.
trade, build railways, wharves, build
ingS, electrical plants and carry on
such business in any part OF tho
| United States, the Province Of British
Columbia and the Northwest Tori
tories OF the Dominion Of Canada, and
employ and equip expeditions, locate,
purchase, take or lease or acquire
mines, mining rights and metaliferous
land in the United States and Canada,
prepare ores, own timber claims rail
ways, bridges, reservoirs, water courses,
aquoducts, wharves, furnaces, saw
mills, electric wofks. factories, boats,
Ghips, transportation lines, &C., entor
into partnership or into any arrange
ment for sharing profits, take hold CT
and dispose of stocks, bonds and other
securities. The principal Office il to
be in Wilmington. Tho capital stock
is to be $50, 600, divided into shares of
$40 each, anu may be increased to
So, 600. QUO
Marshallton wants notary public,
! and II hill ia pending in tho House
authorizing the Governor to appoint
one. Should the bill BECOME law
Squire Gray will in all probability re-
ceiye the commission.
Tho Single Tax bill came to light
yesterday. Tho fu! toxt OF the bill ia
as follows:
he ii enacted by the Senate and House of
REPRESENTATIVES, OF the State of Delaware,
in General Assembly met
That sections |, > and 8, chapter II. Laws
of Delaware. Revised Code. of 1893, be
amended so rs to read rs follows.
See. !. All lands having u rental value and
not belonging to the State or the United
States or any county or municipality shall
be subject to assessment and taxation Tor
county purposes.
Sec 9. A general assessment of persons
and LANDS shall stand and he acted on for
two years, and shall remain SO as TO he re-
turned on the first Tuesday of February,
lSt)S aed every second year thereafter.
Sec i Provided always that each assessor
shall annually assess the persons Df those
liable who have arrived at II years of age,
since the preceding assessment, or who have
come to reside in the hundred, or have been
before omitted, and also any land before ;td-
mitted. He shall also certify and return all
descents, alterations and changes OF owner
ship of land, and by the persons who by the
| assessment list as the same shall he mIae
from such return. shall appear to have be-
| come owner, shall be assessed for the value
thereof.
That sectiops herein named Of chap
ter 10 of the Laws OF Delaware, he
vised Code Of 1888, be amended SO as TO
read as follows:
Sec. |. The assessor in each hundred shall
in the year Of a general assessment of land
! take an accurate acCOGnt OF Ghe land therein.
| specifying the quantity of acres belonging
| to every owner and shall assess the same AT
| its rental value, excluding all products of
| industry upon the land and for This par
| pose he may call upon the owner to answer
the quantity thereof. and or the recorder uf
| n.