Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Laws Conform TO the Constitution.
tan Correspondence OF Gazstts and Journal.
Dover, Jan. 49, The Genenl As
emhly had another quiet day yester
lay, although several important matters
ReIe cunsidsred.
MIR, Donaldson presented the report Of
The committee on rules which WAS
adopted. 1t provides that yea aud
nay vote shall be taken on all bills and
resolutions, as required, Wy the new
Constitution, and makes provision for
the following committees. kules,
members; revenue and taxation, D;
3; judiciary, g; Federal rnla-
tons, 3; crimes and punishments, b;
accounts, 5; Glaims. q; constitutional
reform, 3: agriculture, o; municipal
corporations, 3; fish, oysters and game,
8; printing, .: Revised Statutes, o;
priyate corporations, 8 temperance, 3;
education, !; enrolled hills, o.; appro
priationa, Z; miscellaneous, 0; station
airy and supplies, &.
Mr.. wilson introduced and had read
and referred bill hearing on the
Adams Tax Law. The bill provides that,
State .he assessors haye not made as
Equalize Taxitiou for State AMI County
PURPOSES" tt8 oliirn OF assessor IN each
of those hundreds shall hn decHreu
vacant and Immediately upon the pass
aga al the act tine Governor email an
puint an aSaassnr tu fill each such
vacancy. TIE time for making the
assessment is extenGca for blank GHys.
1t alaoprnyides that in the cns6 ut any
individual, firm or corporation refusing
10 reEier an account Of tie Investments,
tho Rsassor shall make out { Iia' as nest
he clh ard submit ii 10 the individual.
trmGr corporation for correction. II the
Individual, firm or corporation fails 10
correct tho list 80 Hubmittedr it shall
beths duty OF tho assessnr 10 mako an
Investigation. and, upon conviction by
Indictment, and Individual, firm or
corporation having failed to give q
correct list, shall he iiusd the differ
lence between the list made out by tho
assessor ami tho correct list. Each as
SCISSOR is empowered To administer the
oath required under ths act. a II as
SCISSORS whose Offices are to he declared
vacant Are NOT to receive any compen.
sutton for services already performed
under the act for tho equalization oil
taxation.
Mr.. johnson, uniNr suspension oil
rules, had reah and laid on the table d
bill amending the State Constitution 81
as to provide that Kent and SUSSEX
counties should each have two ad
dItional Senatois-at large and two rep
resentatives, An effort will he mad'
later in ths session to pass the hill. i
will he necessary to have u two.third
vote of each house at this session anC
the next session to make the propuset
constitutional amendment operative.
Dover, Jan. IA. The General Assem-
bly, spent nearly all Of yesterday In en-
deavoring to select commits sion o
lawyers TO adapt the State laws to tn
new Constitution, but without SUCCESS
This Senate agreed to the selection o
William 4. Lyman, lion. John b, Pen
ington, ex.Judge Charles NJ. Cullen
Col. Benjamin Nields and Charles +
Richards, while thu House agreed t
accept all except Mr.. Richards. TIL
two houses locked horns on the dcubl
result.
The House at its morning session
amended the Senate joint resolutio
appointing joint committee to con
slider the matter of employing counsel
hy making the number two Senator
and three Representatives The Senat
concurred in ths amendment. III
committee as named consisted OF SenH
tors Fenimore and Alrichs and Repre-
sentatives Dempsey, L. S. Hopkins an
johnson.
AS it was the intention Of the con
mittes to report at the afternoon sc!
sion such names as might be selected
meeting of the committee was Gallo
for the noon recess 1t was the undel
standing that the committee woul
agree 10 tho names of snch Democrat
attorneys as might be solicited ny th
delegation from each county and thi
the Republicana could make the
selections as they saw fit, the plan |
understood by some, being to have OF
Democratic attorney from each couni
and the Republicans to name two a
torneys from the State at large. A
cordinaly, before the committee III
the delegation from each county held
meeting. Senator Pyle did not after
the New Castle county conference ar
| Representative Taylnr was absent ~
, names wers presented. John II. Ro
ney WIS nominated by Representati
J Cheairs and was also supported
! Representative Mccoy. The other 70
3 ambers voted for William L. Lyna
4 and be was chosen. At the Kent coun
j conference the only name presented W
{ that of OK Congressman John Is. Pc
/ ington, although it was expected th
a Senator Fenimore would present /
name OF Edward Ridgaly. Mr.. Pc
ington was, therefore, the unanimo
choice. Tha Sussex men selected e
y Judge Charles NJ. Cullen by vote
i . TO ., the minority votes boing CT
n for A lbert l.. Polk Of Georgetown, "
9 had been nominated by Speaker Riggi
Representative Thompson was aiIsel
:. The Republicans, after brief &C
y ference, decided to recommend lie
n Charles +. Richards Of Georgetown a
d Col. Ben amin Eields of Wilmingte
y All OF the names selected as outlIn
IS above we're accepted by the comtnitt
r. The report, recommending these nam
was preaonted in the House by Cha
man Dempsey Of the House commits
1f AS snon as it was read Mr.. HAZEL
" quired why there were five names.
ID thought four lawyers we're enough q
ID HAD understood that the number was
7, be four. MIR. Dempsey replied that t
!, had been suggested TO the commit
30 aud 1t was agreed to recommend ii
Of This did not suit MIR. HAZEL, howey
and he offered an amendment strik
of the name of Mr. Richards. Ia q
port of his motion he said ha was
d posed to Mr.. Richards being on
ny commission as he was q corporal
or lawyer and had baen number of
es Constitutional Convention. The anne
o. mont was adopted, Mr.. Eliason al
or voting against it.
In the Senate the report rocomme
inc tina five nnmaa Maa nraanniad