Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15
NEW sERIEs-yoL. XvII-No. AZ

Sec 4. Any person guilty Of usury
shall forfeit all the excess above the
real sum or value Of the goods and
chattels, actually lent or advanced, and.
the legal interest or such sum or value,
which forfeiture shall inure to the
benefit of any defendant who shall
plead usury and prove the same.
Sec. s. Every plea of usury shall
state the sum of money or the value OF
the goods and chattels lent or advanced.
with the time at which the same was
SO lent or advanced, and the plaintiff
shall ,be entitled to recover the sum OF
money or the value Of the goods and
chattels actually lent or advanced. with
legal interest from the time the same
was SO lent or advanced. II
Sec. 6. That nothing in the preced-
ing sections OF this act shall be SO con
strued as to make usuIy a cause OF
action in any case where the Judgment.
mortgage, bond, specially and notes in
writing, or other evidence OF indebted
ness, has been redeemed or settled for
by the lien debtors and payers in
money or other valuable consideration,
except that OF u renewal in whole or in
part of the original Indebtedness. 4,
Sec. 7. That section 2 of the act.
be section OF chapter 63, OF the Re-
vised Code, as amended by this act.
Sec. 8. All acts or parts Of acts in
| consistent with this act shall be and
| the same are hereby repealed, provided.
that this act shall not apply to or in
any manner affect any building and loan
association created by and existing
lsunder the laws of this State.
On motion of Mr.. Dempsey, the House
concurred in the Senate amendment to
| the House resolution appointing vii
lard Salisbury. John u. Hawkins and
William ii. Boyce to draft an election
| bill, the amendment adding the names
Of William G. Spruance, James C. Penue-
| will and Robert 6. Houston. The COM
mission is to proceed at once with the
work, for which the members are to
receive no compensation. They are to
draw up bill that will remedy the
defects in our present laws.
At the afternoon session OF the House
| Mr.. Donaldson moved that the vote by
which the bill to extend the terms of
the officers of Wilmington had been
| killed be reconsidered.
Mr.. Cbpairs objected. He thought
as the bill had been killed IL should
remain dead. i2a
| luG. bUudtubUu bdlh hlH idcd Was W
have the bill referred back to commit
tee, where it mightibe amended so as to
eliminate Questionable features. Ths
vote was reconsidered by the following
vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Davis. Dempsey, Dom
aldson, Hazel, j. ii. Hopkins, l.. S.
Hopkins, Mccoy, Taylor, Thompson.
Adams, Martin, Short and Wilson-l3.
| Nays-Messrs Cheairs, Elason,
| johnson, Smith and the Speaker--5.
Mr.. Whitney was excused from vot-
ing.
On motion of Mr.. Donaldson, The
1 bill was referred back to the commit
tee on municipal corporations. MI.
| Cheairs il chairman OF that committes.
| The House passed the Senate bill to
| Incorporates the Citizens Insurance
aud Trust Co. Of Wilmington. 81
Dover, April 13 Chairman HAZEL
| of the House comm mittee on elections
yesterday reported favorably, with ap
amendment, the Senate bill providing
for revision of the primary eleution
laws of Wilmington. The amendment
substituted the DameH of Thomas e.
Young and Owen j. Hession for those
i OF Thomas @. Doud ana John @. Brison
as Democratic. members of the COM
mission named in the bill. Representa-
tive Cheairs called the bill up for final
passage.
Mr.. Donaldson objected and moved
that the bill be. referred TO the COM
mission appointed to draft new
election law. He said he did not want
to see factional troubles in New Castle
county, and he thought the commission
would SO amend it that it would not
meet with partisan or factional oppo.
sition.
Mr.. Hazell was opposed to referring
the bill to the special commission. He
held that such action would virtually
kill it. He thought the bill was fair
and impartial and was not calculated
to give anybody an advantage. He said
that as far as he knew all objectionable
features had been eliminated. a list OF
names had been submitted to the com
4 mittee by people who were opposed to
the names on the bill and two OF them
had been substituted for two named in
the bill.
Mr.. Cheairs was opposed to referring
the bill to the special commission. lie
thought the hill in it's present shape
would be beneficial to the whole party
and not to any faction.
| Mr.. Dempsey favored referring the
bill to ,the special commission. He
thought the whole ground was covered
in a law now in the revised code.
and in his opinion the bill would i'm
pose hardships on candidates He
thought, however, that some good might
come of the bill.
Mr.. Donaldson suggested that the bill
be referred to the New Castle county
members as special committee.
Mr.. Hszell objected, and on his motion
the bill was referred back to the
election committee. Mr.. HAZEL stated
that the committee would hear those
who favored or opposed the bill at any
4 time.
One of the most interesting divorce
cases Of the session came before the
divorce committee yesterday afternoon.
The plaintiff was MrH. Laura @. Ack-
Ian, who seeks to bs released from her
husband, William H. Acklan. Both
are we'll known in the West. where they
have figured prominently in society.
Mrs. A cklan has resided in Wilmington
for quite while and claims that city
as her residence. She was represented
before the divorce committee by Horace
G. Knowles of Wilmington. She was
accompanied to Dover by her counsel
and her mother, Mrs. Crocker. who is
also we'll known in the West. Mrs.
Ackan alleged cruelty and impotency,
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