The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-20
DELAWARE
LEGISLATURE.
House Discusses the Cor
pOratiOn Bill and Asks
for Committee Con-
ference.

Dover, DEL, May 19.-After big fight
In the House of Representatives this
morning, the General Corporation bill,
which recently passed tho Senate. was
killed.
Senators Meredith, Pyle and Pierco and
representatives Donaldson, Smith and l..
8. Hopkins were named as a committee OF
conference to arrange for plan to resur-
rect the bill and amend 1t 50 that 1t can
pass both Houses
lit fails to pass the State will have no
corporation law, business interests will
be hampered and the State will lose con-
siderable revenue.
The Senate passed the House bills pay
ing the Wilmington poll tax collectors an
annual salary of $lCOJ each, aud amending
the Investment Tax law SO as to make 1t
operative.
Senator Fenimore gave notice of two
bills. one reorganiz,ng tho Levy Court OF
Sussex County and the othor defining the
duties OF Sussex County tax collectors
Repre- sen tatiye Dempsey withdrew the
Naval Reserve bill, having found that
there Is already authority for forming
division.
Representative Dempsey this morning
callod up the House bill In relation to
pleading and practice The bill, 1t was
stated, allows man who has filed de-
murrer may afterward take out writ Of
error. Mr.. Adams 80 explained the Dill.
Mr.. johnson had been informed that the
bill changed the entire system Of pleading
in this State, which has existed Tor an
hundred years. Under this bill no one
would know when case was ended.
Mr.. Adams said the chancellor had read
the bill. and said that 1t was all right.
j. B. Pennington had also said that the
bill was all right.
Mr.. Cheairs had been told that the bill Z
was bad and had been hanging around the
State House for about fifteen years.
Mr.. Dempsey explained that the bill
had been handed 10 him by one OF the
commission of lawyers and he had been
Mr. HAZEL had been advised that the
bill was good one to kill, and Mr.. Short
said that no had been advised that 1t was
good one to pass. The bill was lost.
Senator Stewart introduced II bill regu-
lating the weight of bread The bill require
loaf of bread to weigh sixteen ounces, but
does not specify what price shall be charg-
ed for 1t.
s. Senator Fenimore introduced bill to
establish q flve.commissioner Levy Court
system for Sussex county.
Senator Alrichs this morning gave no.
tice of bill to provide that inspectors Of
election should be elected.
An effort Is on foot in the Legislature to
pass law to allow the members of the
Delaware regiment to vote in the field for
state officers at the next election. 1t Is
held that it Is unfair for the men to be de-
prived of their vote while they are on duty
for their country.
City Councilmen Leary, Oberly. Healey,
Smith, Robertson, Zebley. O'Neill and
President Leitch and Clerk Morrison
were here to-day and had a hearing on the
bill to take in the section near Greenhill
avenue between Front and Seventh streets
into the city. The members explained
that number of houses were to bo built
in the section If 1t could be taken into the
city. The city has no objection to the bill
being passed. They said that 1t was the
people who were interested in the proper
ty who were tho movers In this matter 1t
would be benefit to the city to have this
land taken into Wilmington. Several
members spoke upon the matter.