Evening journal., 1897-02-20

shall not be less than 50 900, nor more
than $4,000. divided into $40 shares.
The company is given power to hold
real estate and to have power to i'm
prove It. The understanding is that the
men back of the bill wish 10 buy ce--
tain lands in the vicinity of the State
College for Colored Students, near
Dover, and build a negro town there
PASSED THE HOUSE.
The House passed the House bill
amending chapter 556 volume 10, Laws
Of Delaware, being the Donal dson BILL
changing from March TO July the time
for county and poor taxes to become a
lien on the realty; the bill increasing
the school tax of Laurel from 81 900 to
81. 500, the bill authorizing the Della
ware State Grange Insurance Company
to insure against lighting, and also the
bill to make valid the record Of certain
old deeds which had not been properly
certified.
AN OPTHALMlC COLLEGE.
Representative Johnson gave notice
of an act to incorporate the Delaware
Opthalmic College Some of the Dover
opticians are back Of the movement,
but the bill is not yet in hand.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
Clerk Of the Municipal Court S. s.
Adams, OF Wilmington, was down yes
terday
Single Takers are writing letters to
members and urging affirmative action
on the Mccoy Single Tax bill.
Tho Senate passed the Senate bill
granting to j. Thomas Lowe the states
! title 10 ten acres of salt marsh in Lit
! tie Creek hundred Kent county. This
is the bill which was recommittcd sew
eral days ago.
Representative Whitney introduced
an act diyorcing Mary ID. from Durben
Smith.
William p. Morris, Of Wilmington,
was a State House visitor yesterday.
L. IL. Hopkins introduced the bill to
reduce from $40 to $40 the fee for cer-
tilted copies Of divorce bills.
The House bill changing from March
to June the time for county and poor
taxes to become a lien upon realty in
New Castle county had its first reading
in the Senate yesterday
The Senate passed the House bill to
divorce Caroline and William r. Bolte,
with an amendment changing her name
to Webb.
The Senate passed the Senate bill di-
vorcing Christian and Margaretta Bo-
nasch. of Wilmington, and the House
bill divorcing Maggie NJ. and Harvey II.
Bryant, of Milford.
Senator Pierce introduced the bill to
incorporate the Rehoboth Light, Heat
and Power Company.
Representative J. II. Hopkins gave
notice of an act to change the lines OF
school districts Nos. 96 and o. Kent
county.
Representative Mccoy, who has been
home sick with the grip. resumed his
seat on the floor yesterday.
Page Hutchins, of the Constitutional
Convention, now carries a white rat In
his pocket to give him diversion in mo
menus of loneliness
Chaplain of the House Vincent is
performing the duties of Reading Clerl
Keim, OF Milford who is home sick.
Senator John Pilling. of Newark
spent yesterday morning in the Senate
e chamber.
r The Senate passed the Senate bill in
F.. cooperating the Greater Wilmington
0 Printing and Publishing Company.
e Senator w T. Moore, of Bethel, vii
e be at his desk again on Monday, having
recovered from his attack of grip.
+ The House bin appointing John B
S Pennington and James II. Hughes com
missiOners TO examine the new dee'
and private acts indices i'm the office o
d, the Kent county recorder of deed
y passed the Senate.
c For the first time this session Speake
: Harrington Lett the chair and gave no
T. tice Of q bill. it heihg to lay out a pub
q | "a. AFfrpffIfr,, htfpIrpd
> Senator Alrichs was absent yester
Y day.
n Representative Thompson gave NO
s tice of bills TO divorce Joseph and Dell
, Trolley and in relation to assessment
H. in Lewes and RehOboth hundred.
l. The Senate bin to divorce Kate
les and John c. Bogart had it's first read
II ing in the House.
g The House passed the House bills d
?, vorcing Mary and William I. NandyR
IL and Isaac II. and Laura l.. Wright Ais
d the House bill to transfer the farm {
% Eddie W. Goodwin from one district
~ another
Representative HAZEL gave notice ,
a bill abolishing days of grace and d'
ID fning when notes which fall due Q
n Sundays holidays and half-holidaS
Of shall lie payable.
r The House passed the House Dl
n transferring the farm of PHILIPPE. Dav
g from district No. 80 to district No. IL
u, in Sussex county.
= State Treasurer Ross has recover6
sufficiently TO resume his official dl
ties
state Auditor b. l.. Lewis was
Dover Thursday for the first time sin'
his recent attack of sickness. He
quite weak. Dut able to be at his des
Representative Dukes introduced Il
p bill 10 change the name of Claytc
"a Clyne Washington 10 Clayton ClyI
Turmoil
~ Clerk Spicer put IN Chaplain Nincel
as substitute reading clerk
H. Representative Donaldson introduce
he for Mr. Mccoy. the bill reincorporatir
the city of New Castle.
Notice Of an act 70 divorce Seymol
c. and Mary e. Downes was given
y Representative Short.
y Representative HAZEL gave notice
y and will Introduce an act extending