The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-03
SOME OF
MANY BILLS
Passed at the Recent Ses=
sion of the Legislature
at Dover, Del.

EAtbuuluk puo VI tllO ClUr VI " IL
mington; extending tho limits of the town
of Bridgeville; authorizing the town of
Milton to borrow money for street i'm
provement; authorizing the town Of Dover
to raise money by taxation; permitting
Middletown to float Its bonds at lower
rate OF interest; amending tho charter Of
town Of Laurel; giving the town of Town
send more money for street purposes, the
appropriation being made from tho road
fund Of the county compensating Record
er of Deeds of Montgomery. of New Cas-.
tie County (S00), for recording the report
of the Boundary Commission; giving the
County Treasurer of New Castle County
additional compensation for extra work in
making collections under the Investment
Tax law; giving the assessors OF this city
additional compensation for making
assessments under the Investment Tax
law; requiring all bakers to put pound
of weight in each loaf OF breal manu-.
factured in the State; granting appro-
priations for teachers institutes; Great
ing general school law; making appro-
prlatiOps for the fiscal year ending on the
first Monday after the second Tuesday in
1899; regulating the school fund; defining
the duties and powers of the tax collectors
and road Overseers OF Sussex County; per-
mi; ting the house sergeants at tho Viii.
mington police sta ion to issue warrants
Court Clerk extending the time for re-.
cording private act'; authorizing tbe State
Treasurer to borrow $50, ,0O0; 70 leral elec-
tiou bill; Uniform Ballot law; making the
Investment Tax law operative and rcquir-
ing the Lovy Courts to act under tho law
Immediately to allow the Delaware SOL
diers to vote whilo in tho fleld providing
for the election Of assessors and making
of assessments in Kent County; provid
snr< fnr Inst ion nf 1Nn n n
Southern district of Brandywine hun.
dred; compensating James l.. Wolcott
Jr.. for compiling and publishing. tho de-
ci-iors of the lato Chancellor Wo!cott;
providing for payment Of tho expenses of
Improvements to the State House and
authorizing further improvements; di-
recting tho Governor 10 appoint Ecbert
Wier. of Wilmington, Notary Public
(vetoed); providing for the maintenance
izing the appointment OF an additional
Notary Public for Wilmington (Wil-
liam H. Robinson being the appolntes);
abolishing days of grace on negotiable
paper after July'1; providing for Court
s;cnograpker; S; Kent Count Levy Court
Commissioner classifying property
in Wilmington for assessment and
taxation purposes; granting the Phoe-
mix frS Dcronsp G9mpanyf " onDpdnruton M
illuBlOll. All lHlICuoO VI
from $500 to $780, regulating tho levy
ing of capitation tax; allowing the talk
ing Of al appeal in cases where domur-
rer has been ti!od; assigning rooms Ter
various purposes in the State House;
amending tho New Castle Pawnbrokcr
law, oas to give tho Court discretionary
power in imposing fines for violation of
the law. the minimum Being $50 and tho
maximum $50; regulating the settle
Of cfnf in fbn II 0f HnDOint-
ing trustees; making valid the title to Ger
tain real estate, lato tho properly of Sallio
G. Gordy; authorizing the publication of
the decisions of the Court Of Errors and
Appeals, Superior Ocurt, Court Of Gener-
al Sessions of tho Peace and Jail Delivery
and tho Court of Oyer and Iermlner,
from February l, 1898, to June H.
S Gon, to auth0zng ois fu,e, tho and suPleG oPder
regulating writs of cerliorari out of tho
Supreme Court; regulating the return
of process cut Of the supreme Court; in
relation to rccoGnizahces in tho Orphans
Court; providing for " method of 1nqulr-
ing into tho sanity and having released
persons who have been committed to the
State Hospital for the Insane; requiring
tho Levy Court Of New Castle County
to make an annual appropriation to tho
Fcrris Industrial School, at tho rate of
500 for each boy, not TO exceed $500 in
the aggregate for any one year; nu-
thorzing tho Secretary of State to COM
pile and havo printed for distribution the
School and Election and Registration
laws; in relation to roads in st. Georges
Hundred; giving Wilmington Hundred
five assessors instead of three giving the
poll tax collectors OF Wilmington an an
nual salary Of $1,000 each; creating De-
partment of Elections for Wilmington
and giving 1t the same powers as 1t for
merly possessed in relation to registra-
items aud elections; providing for the ap-
pointment Of registration officers pro-
viding for filling vacancies in ditch COM
panies; making provision for eradication
of infectious diseases In lower animals; in
relation to bringing certain suits; chang
ing the time for holding tho Court of
Cbancery nSusscx County frcm the first
Monday in March and September to the |
first Monday in June and December; pro- |
viding for an additional Justice of tho
Peace OF Harrington for tie protection Of
oysters i'll Murderkill and st. James
Rivers: allowing the Courts to grant
fractional licenses in cases whero the ap-
plicaut has been refused on account of a
cation; making special provision for
mubilizing the National Guard of the
State; allowing he Attorney General cX-
ira compensation for work done outside
of the state; paying for improvements at
the Wilmington Armory; extending tho
time for making assessments this year;
the Courts. aholisbng the
Court OF General Sessions Of the Peace
md Jail Delivery and The Court Of Errors
and Appeals. establishing the Court OF
General Sessions and the Supreme Courts
md regulating the Courts; nbollsling tho
I'D Court seals and establishing now ones;
hanging the name of William Bonrar to
William Stuart