Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-02-04


stan Correspondence Of Gazette and Journal
Dover, Jan. 2S.--ln tho House
of Representative uazell .gavo no.
tice OF bill to reincorporate
the town of Smyrna. The bill proposed
to district the town, and elect the
councimen from districts or wards;
also TO have the alderman elected by
the council, instead OF by tho pcuple,
80 that the alderman will be amenablo
TO the Town Council.
At tho afternoon session Representa-
tive Cheairs introduced the following
bill, which had boon given notice OF
by Mr.. Dickey:
''Bo il enacted by tho Senate and
House of Representatives. of the State
of Delaware, in General Assembly met,
two.thirds of the members concurriag
theron:
SEC. |. That the terms OF Office
of the present Mayor, members and
President of City Council, City Treas
urer, City Solicitor and Assessors and
Collectors of the city of Wilmington
be, and the same hereby are, continued
and extended until the first Monday
after the first day of January, A. d.,
1899.
Sec 2. At the general election held
on the first Tueshay after the first
Monday in November, A. D.. 1888, and
forever thereafter, at each succeeding
general election, the city officers above
named shall be elected and hold office
respectively for the term of two years.
commencing on the first Monday after
tho first day of January succeeding sad
general election. And City Council
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the second Monday after the first day
of January succeeding said general
election, and said appointees shall take
their seats on the third Monday after
the first day Of January succeeding
said general election.
''Sec. 3. At tho said general election.
the said city officers above nameI shall
be elected in accordance with the
provisions set forth in chapters 81 and
80 Of Vol. NIX, Laws Of Delaware,
pages So and l2S respectively, and the
qualifications of electors tboth us to
registration aud voting) for said city
officers, shall in all respects 10 tho
same rs those now in force as to the
said national, State and county officers.
u Sec. 4. The same ballot used ut tho
general election for the national. State
and county officers, shall aiso contain
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voted for at said general election, but
that part of the ballot containing the
names of the candidates for the
national, State and county officers shall
be separated from that part Of the ballot
containing the names of the said city
officers by heavy, black line drawn
between the same. And said part of
the suid city ballot shall bc considered
to be separate and distinct ballot
from sHid part Of said national, State
and county ballot, and shall have placed
at the head of said ballot large square,
for the insertion Of u device, TO be
selected by tho Department of Elec-
tonH. Tho method Of voting and stamp
ing said part of the said national, State
and county ballot shall be Gs heretofore,
and shall vote snid national. State and
county ballot only. and the method of
voting and stamping said part OF said
city ballot shall be the aama now in
force US to said national, Stare and
county ballot, and shall roto said city
ballot only. .....
See. 8. The inspectors and judges
of said election, as soon us the ballots
shall havo been duly counted, shall, as
TO that part of tho ballot containing the
names of the candidates. of the said
city officers, act in accordance with
sections "a, 26. 27 and ~ of rhapter
G60 of Vol. XIX Laws OF Delaware,
and the Department OF Elections and
the City Council nhall thoreupon nro.
cesd as heretofore, under aud in ac.
cordanca with the provisions OF the
said above mentioned laws.
SEC. 6. The officers Of said Depart.
ment OF Elections and the rental of tho
office of said Department, shall be paid
as heretofore. IA though said election
were hold in tie month of June"
There ia considerable opposition TO
the bill, us it is held 10y many that by
uniting the city and general eIcctiona.
Representative Davis has given notice
of an act providing for the inspection
of boilers throughout the State. The
hill calls for the apnointmont by the
Governor OF two inspectors one for New
Castle county and tho other for Kent
and Sussex counties. Their term of
olfice is TO be four years and they are
TO inspect all steam boilers in tho
state u6ed for manufacturing and
mechanical purposes, onco year, and
for each inspection they ara 10 receive
81 from the owner or uBor of the boiler
Inspected. ViOlators of the law will hc
liable to a fin OF not lass than tlOO
nor more tnan 500, or an imprisonment
Lot exceeding one year. 1t is said there
will bs considerable opposition to tho
bill from tho northern part of tho
State.
On motion of Representative Hazell,
resolution was Adopted masing it oh
ligatory ON private parties and corpora
lions asking for legislation 10 nave
printed 200 copies Of their bills for the
use OF the members also that all
printing ordorcd by the Houqa shall be
done by the printing committee.
In view OF the fact that the matter OF
taxation is to come before the General
Assembly, u joint resolution WAS
offered in the House by Representative
Donaldson providing for Joint com
mitteo on taxation. The resolution was
adopted by the House, ana Messrs.
Uazall, johnson and Mccoy were
named as the House mpmhsls Thu
resolution was not brought up in tho
Senate.
Some Of the members of tho General
Assembly have received letters from
Single TaSera asking that they support
the Single Tax bill to be introduced by
Representative Mccoy in a few days.
The committee appointed to settle
with the State Treasurer completed
the work and made full report
10 each6 house. The reports were re.
ceived and adopted. Ninety thrse
vi the interest coupons ON the