Evening journal., 1897-04-20
WANT TO INVESTIGATE.
Condition of Affairs at Farm
hurst to Be Looked Into.
REGULAR AVALANCHE OF NOTICES

AN NNNAA NEW A'1oAANA-t1o DlAO01AlA
BEFORE BOTH BRANCHES or
THE LEGISLATURE, YESTERDAY
BEING THE Initial SORTS
OF NOTICES.
Sta6 Correspondence Evening Journal
Dover, April 20.-Ropresentativ
/ Cheairs gave notice OF an act in rela-
ton 10 thee haIonging of Jurors. Ill
VIII provide that the prosecution shall
| nave the same number of challenges
rs the defence in criminal cases Att
present it only has half as many.
PASSED THE HOUSE.
Yesterday afternoon the House pass
| ed the following bills: Senate bills t0|
| divorce Sallie h. and W. Denney Red
mond; to divorce Mary J. and j. How
/ ard Reed; to amend the charter of the
Guarantee Storage and Warehouse
! Company, of Delaware. so that It may
! mold real estate in the State of Della
ware to incorporate Venus Temple
No. 8, G. O. u. A. NJ; to divorce Sallie
and Robert Sholes.
HUBERT CASSIDY'S CLAIM.
Representative Dempsey offered a
joint resolution paying Hubert Cassidy
Of Wilmington. S9246l. which WAS d
balance due of S742.59 on the Delaware
| Building a. the Worlds FAIR, with in
teTcst from May ], 1898. He contracted
10 build the Delaware building accord
ing to plans and specifications for the
sum of $7.441 but the commissioner
altered the plans after the contract had
been entered into, and increased the
cost of building to S9,2S0.57. OF this
amount the state has paid him SS, 466
and now he wants the balance with ac-
crued interest. He had the same claim
here two years ago, and it was not al
lowed. The resolution offered yester-
day was referred.
! DONALDSON WANTED TO KNOW.
Az the afternoon session Representa-
tive Donaldson asked the House mem
hers Of the joint committee appointed
10 investigate the condition Oh affairs
at the Delaware State Hospital al
FarnhuIst why it had not performed its
duty. He said chat o.her charge
against the management Of the insttu-
% ii1n had been preferred by attendants
and he thought that something should
he done. Mr. Dempsey replied that the
committee had found it difficult TO ar
E range a time TO 60, but ne assured Nj
] Donaldson that it would do so in q
short time and report to this session OF
@ the General Assembly.
S II Is probable that the battle for thi
De- vacating OF Reed street will soon be re-
!. newed in the House, Tor Representativ'
j Dempsey has received several blu
3 print photographs Of the street and tn
properties thereon from the Biumen
8 thals. Representative HAZEL. who ha
! i'm
e. mington a day or two ago. and made j
q his business 20 go out Reed street an
% look over the field.
NEW CASTLE CHARTER AMEND
MENTS.
Representative Mccoy gave notice G
an act to amend the charter of the cit,
q of New Castle. 1t will give Counci
p power to purchase and maintain fire
N fighting apparatus to establish boar'
3. Of health. consisting Of three freehold
els: to pass ordinances imposing fine
not exceeding S25, CT imprisonment f.
l. a period not exceeding ten days Tor r.
, fusal TO ahate nuisances; provides tina
l. he justice of the peace shall hold th
city election. or. if he is unable to d.
so, Council shall appoint an inspecto
and two judges fer the election
atf which lNhtH Ua0At III - Ut H. AoNof t
M which time the election officers sha
/, be elected by the people TO hold tn
d. next election: that the tax rate sha
- not exceed 25 cents on the SlO0, an
~ that the sum to be raised by taXatio
shall not exceed $1,000. The road ta
r assessed and collected in the city sha
i he applied to the city streets, and Il
Il part Of il go to the rural districts.
- When the city vote is being cOunto
n electors shall be permitted to be pres
MI ent. end ample provision is made fC
mi eontesling an election on the ground {
anv fraud or irregularity. In case
contest the Superior Court Of the coui
at. ~ Is given jurisdiction.
A FREE SCHOOL BILL.
In his message to the General A
e sembly Governor Watson recommend
sli that all incorporated schools outsl'
a the city Of Wilmington, be placed und
ih the supervision Of the superintendent
s of public schools. Representati'
~ Choai's yesterday gave notice OF
'e act carrying cut the recommendatio
ee FEE FOR MAGISTRATES
he Notice Of an act to amend chapt
& l25. OF the Revised Code, was given
Representative Cheairs. lt allo'
magistrates a fee Of 25 cents for sat
ying judgments.
ity A BIG REDUCTION.
Representative Taylor gave notice
~, an acc to amend chapter 51i, voluI
w is. Laws OF Delaware. which, if pass'
..r. viii reduce from $1,000 to $1,000 I
h" amount Of road taxes to be raised
Blackbird hunderd
SPEAKER RICCiN'S NEW BUS
~ NESS.
for At the morning session of the Hot
'el Speaker Riggin left the chair and ga
lew notice Of acts as follows: To levy
ITS suecial tax in Little Creek hundr
yer sussex county, for the improvement
de the public reads; to supplement
let in relation to the incorporated pl
lic schools Of Laurel. which Will
k" able he commissioners TO raise mc1
TO pay insurance and to repaint
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