Evening journal., 1897-05-25

shall be held, all or which meetings |
may be held at any place in the State
)f Delaware, designated by the bylaws
Section 8. Upon every Increase Of the
capital stock OF this company, and |
upon every change OF name OF this |
a certificate OF the fact shall
be made out and signed by the presi-
dent and secretary OF the corporation, |
and filed In the office Of the secretary |
OF state, at Dover.
Section 10. The officers OF the cor
poration shall be a president, vice
president, general manager, secretary
and treasurer, and n board OF directors
OF not less than five persons nor more
than nine, all of which officers and di-
rectors shall be elected by the stock
holders as the bylaws may prescribe.
All elections shall be by ballot. At all
stockholders meetings each share of
stock represented in person or by proxy
shall be entitled to one vote. At all
elections of officers and directors two
stockholders shall be appointed tellers
to receive and count the ballots, and
one stockholder shall be appointed
Judge OF election to conduct the same
Section II. The directors may, at any
meeting called for the purpose, change
the name OF the corporation, and after
a certificate OF such change. signed by
the president and secretary. has been
filed in the office of the secretary OF
state at Dover the new name desig
mated in said certificate shall thence
forth be the name and style of this cor
poration.
Section -. This shall be deemed
and taken to be a private act.
mccoy ON ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
AT the morning session OF the House
Mr. Mccoy introduced the following
bill in relation to road commissioners,
which was given its second reading and
referred:
Section /. That hereafter no person
shall be eligible to the Office OF road
commissioner of New Castle hundred
who is a resident of the city of New
Castle.
Section 2. That the overseers whom
the law provides shall be appointed by
| the said road commissioners, shall be
appointed in those school districts in
which the roads are under the control
! and supervision of the said road com
missioners. and shall be residents OF
| the school districts for which they are
so appointed.
Section 3. The compensation Of the
l said road commissioners shall be as
| fixed nowby law provided however, thai
no road commissioner shall receive, dt
rectly or indirectly, more than S20C
compensation for any one year.
! Section A. All acts or parts of acts
] Inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed
WORK HOUSE FOR NEW CASTLE.
] II Delaware Is not to have a work
house the indications are that New
Castle county will have one. The bill
was called up in the House by Repre-
, sentative Dempsey, who spoke in favo
OF its passage He said that 1t woul'
be a good. thing for the county and tina
the people wanted 1t.
The only members who voted agains
II were Messrs. HAZEL, Johnson an'
, Taylor. Mr.. Mccullough was present
but refused to vote.
EXTENSION BILL KILLED BY THI
HOUSE.
The General Assembly will not inter
fere with the coming city election Il
Wilmington, for it yesterday killed, b.
the decisive vote OF 6 yeas and 10 nays
the bill to extend the present officers II
office until the Fall of next year.
Mr.. Donaldson said he had made fire
quent attempts to have the bill report
ed but as far as he had been able L
: learn, the chairman had made no ef
fort to call the committee together. II
, stated, however, that the House coul
! order the bill out of committee, and h
J thought it was about time it did so.
Mr.. Thompson made a motion tina
the bill be called from committee. MI
Cheairs moved TO lay the motion on tn
table but the speaker did not hear
seconded, and declined to entertain tn
I, motion. Mr.. Thompson's motion pre-
vailed, and by order OF the speaker
Chairman Cheairs. OF the Municipt
+. Corporations Committee. reluctant
! delivered the bill TO Clerk Spicef. M
\ Thompson then moved that it
I placed on it's third reading.
!, Mr. Cheairs opposed the passage {
: the bill. He said that il the Legisls
! | ture undertook such high-handed az
tion it would certainly be guilty of de:
I police government. He thought th
y Legislature had no right to interfei
= with the Wilmington city election.
Mr.. HAZEL seconded his objection. II
! | thought the people of Wilmington wei
|
that function should not be tampere
I with by the State of Delaware. Bot
y parties made their nominations la.
: Saturday. and he was in favor OF a
{ lowing the people of the city to dete
u mine the matter at the polls. He di
not fear the result. If the Democra
: were beaten, all right; let them bow
II submission. Crack the whip and L
y the horses gallop to the finish.
! Speaker Riggin called Mr.. WhitnC
II to the chair and also spoke against q
passage OF the bill 1t was. he said. t
E much of partisan bill for him. The
had already been too much partisa
= legislation. and the bill pending WI
.e the worst yet.
r This angered Mr.. Donaldson, and
d retorted that the partisan legislatiC
p had nearly all been for Kent and Su
% sex counties.
~ Mr. Johnson expressed his opposite
81 to the bill, and then the vote was TAX,
and resulted as follows, much to u
~ discontinue OF Mr.. Donaldson and NJ
N Thompson: Yeas, 6; nays, Is.