Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15

The Senate shall also choose / is ethsr
officers, and. in tho absence OF tie
| Lieutenant Governor ami its president
| pro tenipors may from time TO time az
occasion may require appoint onosof its
membe.s TO preside. The House oil
REPRESENTATIVE shall choose ono OF its
| rnefubers SpeaEer and also choose It's
othor officers, and in tho absence Of tho
Speaker may from lime to Tins as coca
aiun may require, appoint ona OF lis
| members to preside.
| Sec. g. Tho State treasurer shall
! settle his ACCOUNTS annually with the
General Assembly or joint committee
thereof. which shall be appointed at
every biennial session. No person
who has served in tho Office OF State
treasurer shall be eligible to a seat in
either house OF the General assembly,
until he shall baye made final settle.
ment OF his accounts as treasurer and
discharged the balance. IL any, due
thereon.
Sec. G. Any member Of the General
Assembly wbo has personal or private
interest in any measure or bill pending
10 the General Assembly shall disclose
the fact 10 the house of which he is a
member and shall not vote thereon.
Sec. 7. No person who shall be CON
virted Of embe5zlement of the public
money, bribery perjury or other in
famoua urine. shall be eligible to a
seat in either house OF the General As
sembly, or capabls of holding any Office
OF trust, honor or profit under this
Safe.
Sec. s. Every statute shall be q pub
lie law unless otherwise declared in the
statute itself.
Soc. q, Every person who shall give.
offer or promise. directly or indirectly,
any money. testimony, privilege, per.
gopni advantage or thing of value to
any executive or judicial officer of this
State or member OF either house OF the
General ASSEMBLY for the purpose of
influencing him in the performance OF
any of bis official or public duties,
shall he deemed guilty of bribery, and
shall be punished in such manner as
shall be provided by law.
Sec. IL, The General Assembly shall
not pass any locator special law relating
to fences; the strsying gof 1.-Two stock /:
ditches; the creation or changing the
boundaries OF school districts; or the
laying out, opening, alteration, main
tenance or vacation, in whole or in
part, Of any road, highway, street, lane
or alley.
The report OF the committee on
pbraseology and arrangement was also
adopted. Section provides that the
General Assembly may from time to
time provide by law for this submitting
10 the qualified electors Of the State ut
the general election nextthereafter tie
question: "Shall there be convention
to revise the Constitution and amend
the samef' and upon such submission,
it a majority of those voting on said
question shall decide in favor OF con-
vention for such purpose, the General
Assembly at it's next session shall nro.
vide by law for the election of delegates
to such convention mt the next general
election Such convention shall be
composed of 80 delegates, of whom l5
shall be chosen from New Castle county
by the qualified electors thereof; 10
from Kent county by the qualified
electors thereof; 10 from Sussex county
by unqualified electurs thereof, and Ii
from the State at large by the qualified
electors thereof.
Dover, April II. The important
question OF LICENSE or no license ie Mt
last under discussion in the Cousti
tutional Convention, hut those who
favored the Insertion of a clause in the
Constitution. now realize fully that they
cannot win, as a large majority Of the
members are opposed. Besides the ma
iority and minority reports. and the
substitute, all of which have been
printed, a further substitute was pre-.
sented yesterday afternoon by DIR. Car
Isle. which seems TO be the most
acceptable.
At the morning session the only
business transa :ted was the presen tation
of the fourth report of the committee
on the Governor and other executive
officers. through Mr.. Hearne The re-
port, which was accepted, roads as
follows:
Tho General Assembly shall pro
vide for the establishment and mainte.
nance of State Board of Health,
which shall have supervision of all
matters relating to public health, with
such dutios, powers ana responsible
ties as may be prescribed by law: and
also for the establishment and mainte.
nance of such local boards of health as
my be necessary to be under the super-
vision OF the Stote Board to such ex-
tent and have such powers as may be
prescribed by the General Assembly. -
After the above had been disposed
OF, tho convention adjourned until
| n. N.
Whom the convention reassembled
Mr. Eilegood Immediately called for
| the consideration of his report, which
had on Friday been made the special
| order.
Mr Gilchrist presented substitute
for the majority report and DR.. Car.
Isle offered the following substitute
| for section of the majority report:
Section /. The General Assembly
may provide by law for the submission
| to the vote of tho qualified electors OF
the several districts Of the State, or
any of them, mentioned in section 9 OF
this article. the question whether the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
| liquors shall be licensed or prohibited
| within the limits thereof, and in every
| district where there Is majority
against license no person or persons,
flrm or hrms, corporation or corpora
tions, shall thereafter manufacture or
sell sp.rituous, vinous or malt liquors
| except for medicinal or Hacramental
| purposes within said district until at
subsequent submission of such ques-
tiop majority of votes shall be Gust in
said district for license. -
The discussion was opened by the
| chairman of the committee, Mr.. Ellie
good. He said that the convention
was face to fuce with a grave question
and what was best TO do for the pro-
lection of the people Of the State in
their rights ia a matter that must he