Evening journal., 1897-04-10


BILL-STRONG PETITION IN
FAVOR OF PYLE's PRIMARY
ELECTION BILL.
stan Correspondence Evening Journal
Dover, April 0.-Representative
Donaldson gave notice of an act taxing
inheritances, distributive shares and
legacics. 1t was drawn by Josiah
Marvel at the request of some of the
members and provides:
That an estate, either real or per
sonal, passing through a father, mo-
ther or lineal descendants, shall pay
tax Of one per cent. on the estate after
the debts are paid if passing to
brother or sister or their descendants,
two per cent; if passing to an uncle,
aunt or their descendants, three per
cent: great uncle great aunt
or their descendants, four per
cent; husband or widower or
any other degree or collateral con-
sanguinity, or a stranger in blood, five
per cent; from husband to wife, the
estate is exempt. In addition to this
personal property pays an additional
three per cent. The latter clause is in
tended to compel people to invest their
money. The tax is to be collected by
the register of wills in each of the
counties and paid TO the state treasurer
for the use of the state
ANOTHER LEASE OF LIFE.
In the House yesterday afternoon
Mr. Donaldson moved reconsideration
Of the vote by which the House bill to
extend to the Fall of 19S the Will
mington election was lost
! Mr. Cheairs objected. He said that
the bill was dead and that the House
should let it stay dead. 1t was an un-
satisfactory bill and he did not see any
4 good of reviving discussion of it.
Mr.. Donaldson said that his only OBJ
ject was to get fair consideration Of
the bill. If it was q bad one it would
} be made a good one by amendments
which were designed to meet all obiec-
tions, and then it would take care oi
itself.
The vote was taken and resulted as
follows:
Yea-Messrs. Davis. Dempsey, Don
aldsOn, HAZEL, j. II. Hopkins, l.. S
Hopkins, Mccoy, Taylor, Thompson
Adams, Martin, Short and Wilson'S
No-Messrs. Cheairs, Eliason, John.
{ son, Smith and Mr. Speaker.
Mr.. Whitney was excused from vOt-
I ing.
The bill was then recommitted.
A STRONG PETITION.
Z The following Is a copy of the peti
= tion presented to the House in favor o
the Pyle Primary Election bill:
To the Members of the General AS
sembly of the State of Delaware.
n Gentlemen: We, the undersigned
:. citizens of the city of Wilmington
d recognizing the Importance of havin
:, some effective legislation to govern
= primary elections in the city of vii
, mington, earnestly recommend tn
y passage of Senate bill No. 80, now pend
ing in the House of Representatives a
q Dover: A. G. Wilson, DR.. James a
= Draper, Lewis c. Vandegrift, John
). Groha, Edward +. Kane, Enoch Moore
Hubert Cassidy, Colonel A. ID. Chaytoi
$ John W. Lawson, Patrick Monaghan
d ID. W. Hughes, w. T. Lyman, j. Jack
b son Peirce, John P. Almond, J. Harve
y Whiteman, William f. Kurtz, w. Il
e Cooper, ID. +. Leary. Daniel w. Muller
j, James NJ. Griffin. James NJ. Bryan
n James Carmichael, Garrett J. Hari
e DR.. NJ. J. Hughes, Eugene M. Sayerl
= DR.. Joseph p. Pyle, HewsOn E. Lamar
- George W. Bright, Merris Taylor ID. W
y Lynch. John N. Solomon, owen j. Hes
= sion, Victor b. WoOlley, Dr. HOwar
q Ogle, Dr. Willard Springer, John No
Closkey. G. Parke Postles, Joseph
n Carpenter Jr., John X. Bradford, An
drew G. Gray, Alexander J. Hart, Co
onel William b. Norton. Dennis
Mention, DR.. Charles r. Jefferis, Pa
r rick Neary, Thomas e. Young. A.
p Webster, W. A. Pratt, DR., John
n Fahey, Dr. Thomas ID. Cook A.
in Johnson. John +. Dolan, Robert v
o. Chambers, Thomas A. Kane.
. RELATING TO USURY.
y Representative HAZEL gave notice
- an act to amend chapter 36 of the r.
vised Code, entitled General Provi
ions Respecting Trade" The bill r
he peals section 1 of the act and SUI
~ stitutes therefor provisions making s
ID per cent. the legal rate of interest.
then goes on and provides that no pie
Of usury shall be available against al
legal or equitable assignee or holder
a. any judgment, mortgage or other n
S, gotiable instrument where such a
~ signee or indorsee or holder shall ha'
received the same for q bona fide al
/. legal consideration without notice
y any usury in the creation or subs
|
shall exact, directly or indirectly, f
loan of any money, goods or cha
tells to be paid in money above &
value of Sc for the forebearance
800 for one year, and after that for
St. greater or lesser sum or for a long
or shorter time he shall be deem
o, guilty of usury. Any person guilty
o usury shall forfeit all the excess abo
/ the real sum or value of the goods al
b" chattels actually lent or advanced, al
the legal interest on such sum or vall
Ie which forfeiture shall inure to I
benefit of any defendant who sh
. plead usury and prove the same.
- Every plea of usury shall state
sum Of money or the value of the goo
and chattels lent or advanced, with
: time at which the same was so lent
advanced. and the plaintiff shall
4; entitled to recover the sum OF mon
or the value of the goods and chatt
actually lent or advanced. with lei
f.ss. IL.