The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-28
DELAWARE
LEGISLATURE.
The Body to Finally Ad-
jOurn Monday After
noon.

Tho Senate passed the House bills ex-
tending the time for recording private
acts, au horizinS tho Sta:e Treasurer to
borrow 5000 providing for committing
thorizing the printing and distribution OF
election laws, and making appropriations.
Both Houses adopted resolutions pro.
viding that the Levy Courts shall be sup
piled with copies Of the Investment Tax
law, and directing the Courts to act I'm der
the laws on or before March 81.
The House passed the General Appro-
priarion bill and the bills providing for
payment OF claims, giving Wilmington
five assessors instead Of three; to allow
Delaware soldiers to vote while in the field
and regulating assessments.
The House Killed the bills amending tho
Constitution So as to give each county
equal representation In the Senate, and
allowing the Newark School Commission.
ers to borrow 5000 to build an addition
to the schools
Bills were introduced In the House pro.
viding for fixed appropriations; paying
claims against the Stnte, and contin uing
the powers of the Department OF Elect ions
of Wilmington. Tho indications are that
the Corpora ion bill will be killed iu tho
Senate.
The House passed the Senate substitute
for the General Corporation bill, after
amendinglt So as o make it impossible for
competing lines of RAILROAD to consolidate
The State concurred in the amendments
The Senate killed the bill granting land
tu William Nj. jefferson.
The Senate passed the House bill regu-
lating the du les of Sussex County tax
collectors; making appropriations for
teachers Institutes; diverting license mon
cy from the school fund to the general
fund.
The House passed the bills extending
the time for recording private acts; regu-
lating the weight Of bread; creating gen.
oral uniform ballot law; authorizing the
State Treasurer to borrow $50, 0O) and per-
hitting the committing Of confirmed
drunknrds to insti utions.
This morning Representative Whitney
Of the Committee on Elections reported ia.
vorably the new ballet law with some mi
nor amendment, which amendments wcre
adopted Tho bill was placed on final con-
sideratioa and passed, Mr.. johnson alone
voting nay.
The ballot law as passed provides for
seDara e ballot. for each political party
The paper for the ballots is purchased by
the secretary OF state and by him turned
over to the CLERKS of the peace of the sever.
al countie by whom it Is sold to the chair.
mcn OF the party committees ut an advance
of ten per centum on the cost price. All
tickets must be printed on this paper, bus
the parties pay for the printing. They Can
give tickets to people On the outside OF the
polling places if they so desire.
The general arrangement of the polling
place Is about as at present. When the vo-
ter enters he is presented with an envc-
lope by the election Officers. The envelope
Is suitably marked by printing and arc
all alike When the voter receives the en-
velope he goes into booth. Here are lex
cts of all Of the parties with clnblems at
the head as now, but each ticket separate.
II he wishes to vote the Republican tick
OF he selects one headed with an eagle, if
that be tho emblem selected. and places it
in the envelope. He then comes out, hands
the envelope to the election officers and it
is deposited in the balot-box. The voter
may have marked his ballot at home or SC.
lcCtcd one on the outside, in which case
he simply takes it from his pocket whiie
in the booth and places it in the envelope.
The voter only has to do with the ticket of
the party to which he belongs and the old
blanket ballot is abolished.
Governor Tunnel has vetoed The Senate
bill to appoint Robert Wicr notary pub
lie for Wilmington hundred. The gov
ernor's grounds were that the bill named
an officer without creating Nh Office and
also that the passage of the bill would be
very bad precedent to establish. The
act was understood o be for the accom-
mediation of the Repauno Chemical Con-
pany, Wilmington.
The appropriation bill passed by the
House provides for the following expeiidi.
tutes:
Governors salary, sa,Ooo; governors
Office expenses, 1850; seCre airy of states
salary, Il 900; expenses Of office of same
and index,ng laws, $500; stcnogrnpher for
governor and secretary of state, $3.50;
state librarians salary, $3.50; expenses OF
Office 500; expenses Of shipping reports,
etc $500 jiniior Of State House, 5000;
salary, 81 800; chancellor for
reports, 500; chief justice, salary. So, 800;
associate justices, Salaries $l4 400; assp-
ciatc judge of Kent county for reports,
500; salaries of two judge. not reappoint-
ed 5000; court stenos rapher, salary
Il, 500; State treasurer, salary, sl,45y; ex.
penses Of Office, $3.50: State auditor
salary; 81 2OJ; expenses of Office, 500.
Attorney general salary, $1,000; salary of
deputy, S150; contingent EXPENSE, 500;
insurance commissioner, expenses, $50;
state detectives, salaries s., 400; exprn O.
in serving acquisitions, $500; fish commits
sionei' : salary and expenses, $50; county
schOol superintendcntS, salaries, $1,000;
expenses of registrars and assistant regis.
lIuES. ehihIltS, Gll,UDU, w IL
mington department of Elections g. 300;
white teachers institutes $50; colorcG
teachers Institutes, SOD; Delaware State
Hospit al at FarnLur,t, 10000; nuinteu-
anCe Of National Guard, $500; town of
Dover for water, SEQ; Farmers Institutes,
$500; State Board Of Agriculture 1900;
Delaware Industrial school for girls, 81,
800; Peninsula Horticultural society, $500;
state Board of Health $1,000; Delaware
College, $1,000; Delaware State College
for coIorcd students, 1850; burial Of i'll
diGcnt soldiers and sailors 5000,
Delaware Histor cal society, $500; for OK.
pen'e' in connection with law on diseased
cattle, etc, 5000, to pay for animals killed
in compliance with law in rola ion to dis.
eased animals Sl,0CO; insurance on state
property, 81 900; insurance on state do
perry in Wilmington, sl5O; printing for
ali branches of state government. SO. 900;
education Of INDECENT deaf, dumb, blind
and idiot!r, 5000; books and maps for
blind, $3.50; president of Delaware State
Hospital for expenses in inspecting chools
for deaf, dumb, blind and idiotic, 500;
Free schools SlO0,0r0 Expenses of iuve.
nile Offenders confined in House of Phila-
delphia $500 Interest on debt, $3O, AGO; State
Board OF Education and County School
Commissions, 81 BIO; James L. Wolcott,f,r
law rcpors 500; D. Y, Marvel, law re-
ports. II, 10; secretary of State for Sccur.
ing Pew seals for the courts, $3.50; Repairs
to state House, $4,000; total s2SS $50
The House Committee on Claims re-
ported bill allowing the amounts named
and bill providing for their payment was
passed. The Senate has both bills yet to
consider. Claims to be paid:
Every Evening Printing Co., 5000; News
Publishing Company, $3.50; State Sentinel
Printing Company Si9S Oji Sussex Jour
nal. 1907 a2; Times Publishing Company,
s2l; Delaware Pilot, $9l.9j; Wilmington
Freie Prcssc, = 10; Estate of II. l.. Hyn-
son, SlLs9; Peninsular News and Adver.
tiocr, SIS 49, e. +. Thomas L. Co, S272O;
!. k. Meredith, $40; J. S. Goodwin, 1910;
Joseph L. Porter, SAN; Delaware Farm
and Home, 800; Smyrna Times, ST. IS;
John +, Donahos, so 80, Lewis Dickcy,
$50
star Publishing Company, $3.50; Thorn.
as jefferson, So, 80, II b. Cooper, $40,
The Dela"nrean, SOC 81; Layton & Lay.
ton, E34l 50; Dir. Edward Fowler, S47L2,
Edward llcarne,s2 %. Sussex Republican,,
| 1878; Theodore Townsend, Sl45 a.:
Delaware Democrat, S2l3 q, Slaughter u
Blce, $50 %! J. b. Robinson, SIS 10;
q Faucet $ll.l5; Thomas Ro,
sitter, 40 50; J. Frank Wilds, $4,000; Star
Publishing Company, S3l6.CO: Milford
Herald, $1,000; James Kirk d sons 500;
DR.. Edward Fowler, S. 81; j. A Clifton,
; 1871 tj; Freeman * Webher $40 M ,tntnI