The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-26

passed seven bills this morning, outside of
divorce bills. The bill to provide for the
inspection of steam boilers throughout
the State was indefinitely postponed,
This bill in different shape was recently
killed in the House. The Wilmington
Board OF Trade was Incorporated and tho
charter Of the Brandywine Marsh Com
pnny which owns the large tract of low.
land lying between Wilmington and the
Delaware River, was amended 50 as to
make Its tito the Braudywine aud Chris
tiana Land Company.
Tho House laid on tho table the Senate
joint resolution to pay the Cheairs. Dickey
contest expenses The lawyers in the con
test asked for $3.50 for each slide. The
House cut their pay down to 500. The
Senate amended IL SO rs to cut out all COM
pensalidn Tor the lawyers.
The llrnSc laid over until Monday the
Dickoy TN to extend the terms of office of
tho Wilmington city officeholders. The
anti salisbury faction OF Wilmington Is
opposed 10 This bill, as nearly all the
present lacumbents are Democrats OF that
stripn.
Bills were read and referred giving
moro power to the Wilmington Board Of
Health IN suppressiny nuisance5: pr0vid-
lug Tor the filling of vacancies in the office
OF TOAD Commissioner in New Castle
and dividing New Castle hundred into
four such election districts as will give
the residents Of the town of New Castle
two polling places, and those of the rural
part Of the hundred two, one at Bear
Station and tho other at the Rose Hill
School House.
The object further is to enable the ru-
raj voters to elect Road COmmi ssionerS
without the intervention of the urban vot.
p., h,,xy let,n i.
own.
The House reconsidered the resolution
reported unfavorabIy yesterday, ptOvid
ing that cx-InsuranCe Commissioner
Meredith be paid $50 for printing his re.
port, and recOmmitted itto the Commit
tee on Accounts.
bill was introduced requiring the
new commissioner of insurance. DIR.
Fowler, of Laurel, to examine semi-an-
plally each life insurance company in tho
state and make sworn reports OF its
financial strength. Hitherto tho reports
OF this official have been pcrfunctory,
merely the statements of the agent, Of the
various companies having been accepted
and printed us received
Another bill to follow will levy tax of
5por ceutlm, as against | n ut present,
upon all the business done III the State by
Industrial insurance companies. 1t is
estimated that these companies do S50J.OJ0
worth of business ayGar IN Delaware In
surance agents are to pay S25 instead OF IS
year for their licenses
Colonel &. Parke Pcstles was here to-
day in tho interest Of tho Delaware Ma
tonal Guard, and had a consultation with
several members of the Committee on APP
preparations, but nothing has yet been
done with tho bill
Tho Committee 90 Appropria ions has
arranged for II hearing of cltiztns in the
IN crest of the National Guard bill on
Wednesday next at ] - O'Clock. There
will BIO strong delegation hero from all
parts of the STATE.
Patrick Noary to-day made large sized
KICK over the proposed vacation OF Read
street. Alr. Nenry told the committee
that the vacation of the one block OF Read
street between Monroe and Adams streets
wnulu cause depreciation of so Il Iuu5
front on Read S rect propcrty and would
cause n total loss Of abouy S2l, 900 TO the
people and to the city.
George ". Bush, j. Newlin Gawthror,
William L. Porter Dennis j. Mention
were here to-day and had conference with
some Of the members in reference to The
proposed loan for park purposes. The bill
has already been described
City COuncilmen O'Ncill and Dennis F.
Leary were hero to-day in the intere is of
various city matters and John 4. Dirkry
was here in the interests of the Nilm ing.
ton office extension bill.
Mayor +. e. Boyd and n number of 0. her
New Castle citizens came here Today and
bad hearing IN favor Of the now charter.
delegation in opposition was here also.
They are opposed to the city having the
right over its streets. They do not want
to see new water works and are opposed
to The electric lights.
Ex-Governor Robert J. Reynolds was
here to-day in the interests of his i! 90
claim for the work of distributing the Iii.
rec! tax funds. The claim was refused by
the last General Assembly.