Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-01

passed. ter the amounl nau DRen made
$3.50, although Senator w. Z. Moore
said $500 was needed. The money is TO
be raised by taxation and is to be
decided by the taxpayers Of the town.
The House bill appointing u. S. II.
Butler trustee to sell real estate of
Sallie a. Butler of Georgetown, was
reported favorably in the Senate and
Senator Alrichs moved that it be put
on final passage. Senator Pyle objected.
as he considered the passage OF the hill
would break the will Of Miss Buffers
mother, and on motion of Senator John
NJ. q. Moore the bill was recommitted.
Tbs committee on accounts reported
having audited the accounts Of ex- Gov
Watson and found them to be correct
Chairman Hazell Of the HOUSE com
mittee on revised statutes reported the
following bills farornbly Extending
the time for bringing action in
mechanics lion cases against vessel
property from four months to one year;
changing the time of service OF a drug
clerk from three years to two; chang
ing the name of the Bay Head & New
York Terminal Co. TO the Augustine
Park Steamboat Co.
The House corcurred 10 the Senate
amendment TO the HOUSE bill providing
for renewa, of the indices in thu
office of the clerk of theorphans' court
in Nav Castle county. The amendment
limits the cost to $500. 5i
Representative McCoy to-day intro-
duced bill to incorporate the Dela-
ware Park and Amusement Asso-
citation. The incorporators are L. Tay
lor Dickson, James g. Shaw. Sr.,
Alexander B. Cooper, William B. Mccoy
and Hiram r.. Borie. Tho company
proposes to provide a public park at
some place south Of Wilmington which
is reached ty the Wilmington & New
Castle Railroad Co. The company also
desires TO maintain place or places for
reputable performances and to sell food
and refreshments, Intoxicating liquors
excepted. The capital stock is to he
not less than 5000. divided into S25
shares, and may be increased to 800, 600.
One Thousand dollars aro TO bu sub
scribed before beginning business. The
principal office is to he In New Castle.
The park is to be located, it is under
stood, at Cofield Beach.
The friends OF the proposed now city
charter are making an effort to have it
reported and acted on before the close
of the present session OF the Degisla-
ture. The instrument has been amended
considerably, and all of the proposed
changes will be found below.
Section is amended BY striking out
the freshold publication ifor office and
also qualifying the eligibility Of minis
ters Of tao gospel by the! addition Of
the words so long asisuch person
shall continue in tbeexhrcise of the
pastoral or clerical functions -
The salary Of the Mayor is reduced
from 80, 400 to 81, 300; Dthat of tho
Mayors secretary from Sly200 to ssUU;
and all 81, 600 salaries TO 81, 800. which
is to be the pay of the heads of the
several departments. THSsaary Of thu
city treasurer is reduced from 81, 200
to $1,000. o..
Section ~ is amended by striking out
the words, "He may, at any time. sus-
pend or remove from Office any or all
such persons by notifying them 10 that
effect and sending message to Coun+
Gil stating in writing his reasons fur
such suspension or removal" and
substituting the words, .'The Mayor
may, at any time, with the consent of
two-thirds of all the members of Coun-
cIl, expressed by resolution of that body,
suspend or remove from Office any or
all such persons appointed by him. "
Section AZ is. amended by striking
out the words "oyer the age of Is
years" and Substituting the words = be-
tween the ages of is and so years. This
refers to tho power of the Mayor in
summonsing special conservators of
the peace in case OF riot or disorder.
Section 50 is so amended as to pro
vide that the Mayors advisory board
shall be bi-partisans.
Section SO is amended 30 as to provide
that one department may by two
thirds vote of City Council use Il
portion of the funds of another depart
ment in case there be any surplus.
The charter as originally drawn UP
specified that the number of policemen
should not at any time be less than ono
for each one thousand inhabitants of
the city. An amendment substitutes the
word ''patrolman" for policeman. -
Section rs is SO amended as to give
the policemen the same powers within
the city as the constables OF New Castle
county in addition to THAR regular
police powers, in all cases of breaches
of the peace.
Section So is amended su as to enable
OWHSIo Vi piopoiiy hhoso piupeTly ulut
have been sold for taxes to redeem the
same upon payment OF all charges
within two years.
Section 105 is amended SO as TO stipu-
late that one per cent per month shall
be added to all taxes unpaid after the
first of August and before the iirst Of
February, and after the first OF Feb
ruary one-half of one per cent shall be
added until the taxes and all additions
thereto shall be fully paid.
Section 106 is so amended that the
interest to be demanded ny the pur-
chaser OF property sold to satisfy claims
for taxes and which property the de-
linquent wishes to redeem shall not
exceed ten per cent, the original bill
making it twenty per cent.
Section ll5 ia so amended as to re-
quire the city solicitor TO file all written
advice to City Council in the oflico of
the Mayor where it shall he open at all
times to the examination of the in
habitants of the city.
Section 135 is so amended as to re-.
quire the Mayor to organize "a COM
mission to consider an amendment TO
the act, when requested to do SO 10
writing by one hundred or moro citi-
zens of the city, whereas the bill
originally stipulated that he should do
SO upon the request of any citizen of
the city. The section is also amended
as to give the president of Council
voice in the selection of lay com
missioner the other commissioners TO
be the Mayor, the president of Council
and the head of the department to