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submitted 10 the people for ratifcation
~ rejection and Il there is anything
they can do 10 compel such submits
sion they viii certainly dc IT.
FOR AND AGAINST TT.
There is division OF sentiment in
Smyrna regarding the new charter in
troduced by Mr. HAZEL in the House
Many Of the citizens of the town are in
favor Of it, but there are many who are
opposed TO certain features Of it. Yes
tcrday the House Committee on Muni-
cipal Corporations gave rival delaga- |
tions nearing in the State House parlor |
Those who spoke in favor OF the bill /
were ex-Sheriff James G. Robinson and |
Town Commissioner Henry r. Boyer /
w NJ Bell William a. FAIRIES, Colonel |
George II Raymond and j Ii Hof- /
fecker addressed the committee In OPP
position 10 IL. They contended that
the town was, under the bill, improp- |
erly ditsrictedt and that IL vested In the |
Board of Town Commissioners too
much power in the matter of paving
The committee has not as yet made
any disposition Of the measure.
NO AFTERNOON SESSIONS.
The divorce ccmmittees were SO busy
yesterday afternoon, and the members
were so Interested in the proceedings
or so engaged in other committee
work, that neither house held an after
noon session. There is little business
here for the houses to do most Of II
being In committee and net yet ready
to be reported.
CHEMICAL ENGINE ADVOCATES.
Councilmen O'Nen. Oberley. Nc
Nulty Leary, and Clerk Of Councifl
Morrison were In Dover yesterday adj
yocating the passage Of the Weccacoe
chemical bill, and also pushing along
the bill carrying the june election over
70 the general election In 1898. In the
absence OF Chairman Chealrs Of The
House Committee on Municipal Cor
Dprationa, they were not able 10 accom-
plish much on the election bill but
there is every reason to believe that
the chemical engine bill will pass
HAD NO QUORUM
Yesterday was the day SET for the
state Board OF Health to meet heleand
formulate legislation affecting that
branch of the public service. q room
wAs prepared for Ii In the third story OF
the State House. but when the time
came for the meeting II was discovered
that there was no quorum present and
all that those who did ccme could dowas
70 hold an informal conference, and
talk over several matters relative to
the public health, none OF which is
ready to be diyulg'ed.
TWO MORE NOTARIEs.
Governor Tunnel has endowed Will
mington with two more notares pub
lie. Pricr 60 the retirement Of Cover
Af,4f I.f "a.
vidng for the appointment of such Of
ficers but ii failed 70 get through in
time for him to make the appointments
although he had selected the men They
were Charles w Go0den and Henry
Nleinstuber, who live on the West Side
Of the city, where there are few no
taries for the accommodation cf the
public. Knowing of the intention Of
Governor Watson, Governor Tunnel
as mark OF courtesy appointed the
men. for whose benefit the bill was
originally intended. The commissions
were ISSUED yesterday afternoon by
Secretary Of State Boyce
SOME WILMINGTON VISITORS.
Among the Wilmingtonians noticed
In and about the State House yesterday
We're: James Megary. Hugh c. Browne,
.HRottAA lAttl ftlf JOlA ~ DidulOitt
Howell S. England, William II. Kurtz.
ex-Secretary OF State J. Harvey White
man and f. b. Frazer
THE DIRECT TAX FUND.
Ex-Governor Watson came to Dover
yesterday and turned over to Governor
Tunnelh as trustee, the balance of the
direct tax fund. II amounted to sS,i00.
BOIEER BILL AMENDMENTS
The House Committee en- Miscellan-
cous Business has in hand the boiler
inspector bill, and may report il in a
day'of two. but whether with favorable
Recommendations or without recommen-
G0tion has not been decided Since II
went TO committee IL has been amended
20 beat the band. Several new sections
have been added bythemen whoare be-
hind the measure. and the committee
has been at work on itsome, too. The fec
for each inspection is reduced from 81
TO 50, and boilers in houses are ex-
empted from inspection, but to make
up for this the amendments put in by
the friends Of the bill provide that all
engineers or other persons in charge oi
boilers shall be examined by the in
spectors who shall have the power tc
refuse certificate, and if the engineer
or man having charge CT the boiler
operates it without a certificate. he
shall be subjected to a fine not exceed.
ing $50 For each certificate issued the
Inspector is to set 81 from the person
undergoing the examination, but such
examinations are limited to one year
SMALL BOY NUISANCE.
The small boy has become such !
nuisance about the State House, and par
ticalarly in the lobby and the ante.
roams that the sergeant-at-arms ol
each house will be instructed to rnr
them out whenever they put theii
heads above the stairway landing. Jani.
ter Cooper will keep them cut of the
lower corridors.
Ex~Speaker OF the House II. II. Nc.
Mullen, who wants to be United States
marshal. was down here again yester.
qay putting the finishing touches on his
Kent county fence.
sroP-OvER PRIVILEGE AT WASH.