Evening journal., 1897-02-18
JONES AND HIS SIREN.

JONES AND HIS SIREN.
coatin ued from First Page.
at large. It organizes a mayors court.
having the same jurisdiction that the
Municipal Court of Wilmington has
and gives 10 City Council enlarged leg
islative powers
RELIEF WORK II PROSPECT.
Members Of the Senate and House en-
rolling committees are dreading the
time when the new charters Of Smyrna
and Clayton will have passed and been
enrolled and made ready for compari-
son. II Is estimated that the two bnis
will require half day TO compare. ana
some big relief work will be done pe-
fore the work is finished.
QUESTION OF TAXATION.
Senators Pyle and Tenimore are ia "a
vcr OF the passage Of a bill equalizinS
taxation So IS Representative Ha-el,
but he is opposed 70 the Adams PHI
now IN the House. John >. crosby the
Simple Tax advocate. was given a hear
ing to-day by the special joint commit
lee On laAAllOHs NV NA n'A ~ ~ f"fr'N
a bin embodying the principle OF
Single Tax.
FROM wORTHINGTON TO TUN-
NELL
Representative Dukes gave notice Of
an act to change the name Of Clayton
Clyne Worthington to Clayton Clyne
Tunnel. Tho young man is the foster
child OF Charles T. Tunnel. of Frank
ford. Sussex county AT present he IS
attending Drcxcl Institute, Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Dukes has a Letter from the
mother Of the young man, who lives In
Philadelphia in which she states that
she is perfectly willing that the change
shall be made.
PENCILS vs.. STAMPS.
Representative Davis wants to do
away with the little rubber stamps
used i'm marking the blanket ballots at
the general election. He has introduced
q bill doing so and substituting indeli-
blet pencils with which the cross
marks shall be made.
AGAINST VOTERS ASSISTANTS.
Representative Johnaon introduced a
bill TO repeal section is, chapter 81,
volume 10. Laws Of Delaware which
creates the voters assistants. These
officers have been USED to such good
advantage by the Addicks people I'm
the purchase OF votes that IL Is felt
that they will have to be done away
with.
SOUVENIR PUBLICATION
A Sussex county publisher proposes
to get ont an historical and biographi-
cal souvenir of the Legislature of 1897,
which is to contain portrait and a
biographical sketch of each officer and
member Of the executive department,
the judiciary. the General Assembly
and Constitutional Convention. Yestcr-
day all Of the members received re-
quests fer photographs and autobi-
ographies.
HEIRS WANT RELIEF.
Representative Short introduced a
hill in relation to the estate of Eliza
beth Butler. who died in Georgetown
about twenty years ago She owned
certain property in Georgetown and
lett 1t SO tied up in her will that her
children, who want to sell it and divide
the proceeds, cannot do so, and want
legislative relief. -4
ieThe bill appoints E. S. II. Butler
trustees to effect sale of the property.
PROTECTION FOR STURGEON.
The sturgeon bill, introduced by SEN
ator Pierce. will make q closed season
from June 30 to December 81 for the
sturgGonin Delaware bay Similar bills
wereQ passed by the Legislatures OF
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but
they will not become operative until
Delaware takes like action.
The pill Is designed TO protect the
COW sturgeon and their young during
the Summer months.
FELTON's EDUCATIONAL BILL.
Representative l.. s. Hopkins intro
duced the bill for the benefit of the
Board Of Public Education OF the town
Of FELTON,. IL enables the board to Dor.
row and eXpend $500 for buildings anC
repairs, and increases from $500 {,
Sl,l00 tho amount of money to be
raised by taxation for school purposes
AN OYSTER REPEALER.
Representative Short has received
and given notice OF an act to amenC
chapter 55 of the Revised Code II re
peals the law prohibiting the taking o
oysters from Broadkiln creek an,
sound by means Of rakes. and whicl
also imposes a license on the oyster
men, The repeater is accompanied b!
a petition signed by 15O taxpayers whit
live along the stream.
BILLS READ AND REFERRED.
The following bills were read and re
ferred in the House yesterday morning
To authorize the clerk Of the or
phans' Court in New Castle county Il
make a certain index; to amend the ac
making Saturday half-holidays in tn
city Df Wilmington for banking an,
trust company purposes; TO incorporat
tho Wilmington Bicycle Club; To incor
poraIe the General Land Company; {
divorce Alfred and Julia Cole; to di
vorce Lena NJ. and George r. Cole: I
amend the charter of the Delawar
State Grange Mutual Fire Insuranc
Company; to incorporate the Mortga
gees Protective and Title Guarante
Company.
Read first time-Senate bill TO rene'
the charter of the Immaculate Penef