Middletown transcript., 1898-06-04
BILLS PASSED.

Extending the limits of the city OF
Wilmington; extending the limits Of
the town Of Bridgeville; authorizing
the town Of Milton to borrow money
for street improvement; authorizing
the town of Dover to raise more money
by taxation; permitting Middletown to
float its bonds at lower rate Of in
terest; amending the charter Of the
town of Laurel; giving the town Of
Townsend more money for street pur-
poses, the appropriation being made
from the road fund of the county;
compensating Recorder Of Deeds Mont
gomery of New Castle county ($800) for
recording the report Of the Boundary
Commission; giving the county treas
urer of New Castle county additional
compensation for extra work in making
collections under the investment tax
law; giving the assessors of the city OF
Wilmington additional compensation
for making assessments under the in
vestment tax law; requiring all bakers
to put pound of weight in each loaf
of bread manufactured in the State;
granting appropriations for teachers
Institutes; creating general school
law; making appropriations for the
fiscal year ending on the first Monday
after the second Tuesday in 1899; regu-
lating the school fund; defining the
duties and powers Of the tax collectors
and road overseers of Sussex county;
permitting the house sergeants at the
Wilmington police station to issue war
rants and accept bail in the absence Of
the City Court Clerk; extending the
time for recording private acts; author
izing the State treasurer to borrow
$50, 900; general election bill; uniform
ballot law, making the investment tax
law operative and requiring the Levy
Courts to act under the law immedi-
stely; to allow the Delaware soldiers to
vote while in the field; providing for
the election of assessors and making Of
assessments in Kent county; providing
for justice of the peace in the south.
ern district of Brandywine hundred;
compensating James L. Wolcott, Jr.,
for compiling and publishing the de-
cision Of the late Chancellor Wolcott; /;
providing for payment of the expenses
of improvements to the State House
and authorizing further improvements;
directing. the Governor to appoint
Robert Wier Of Wilmington q notary
public (vetoed); providing for the
maintenance of INDECENT imbecile
children; authorizing the appointment
Of an additional notary public for
Wilmington (William H. Robinson
being the appointee); abolishing days
of grace on negotiable paper after July
1st; providing for court stenographer;
giving Kent county Levy Court COM
mission; classifying property in Will
miDgton for assessment and taxation
purposes; granting granting the Ph@nix Fire
co. of Wilmington an increase of ap-
preparation from So, 800 to $1,000; re-
gulating the levyingof a capitation tax;
allowing the taking of an appeal in
cases where a demurrer has been filed;
assigning rooms for various purposes in
the State House; amending the New
Castle pawnbroker law so as to give
the court discretionary power in i'm
posing fines for violotion of the law,
the minimum being $50 and the max
imum $500, regulating the settlement of
estates in the matter of appointing
trustees; making valid the title to
certain real estate the property of
Sallie G. Gordy; authorizing the publi-
cation of the decision of the Court of
Errors and Appeals, SUPERIOR Court,
of General Session of the Peace and
Jail Delivery and the Court of Oyer
and Terminer from February 1st, 1898,
to June 10th, 1897; authorizing the
Supreme Court TO make rules and
orders; regulating writs of certiorari
out of the Supreme Court; regulating
the return of process out of the
Supreme Court; In relation to re-
cognizances in the Orphans Court;
providing for method of inquiring
into the sanity and having released
persons who have been committed to
the State Hospital for the Insane; re.
quiring the Levy Court of New Castle
county to make an annual appropria-
tion to the Ferris Industrial School. at |
the rate Of 500 for each boy, not to ex-
ceed $1,000 In the aggregate for any one |
year; authorizing the Secretary of |
State to compile and have printed for
distribution the school and election and
registration laws; in relation to roads |
in ST. Georges hundred; giving Will
mington hundred FIVE assessors instead
Of three; giving the poll tax collectorsl
OF Wilmington an annual salary of
III 900 each, creating Department Of
Elections for Wilmington and giving it
The same powers as it formerly possess
I'd in relation to registrations and elec-
lions; providing for the election of reg
Istra.ion officers; providing for filing:
in ditch companies; making
proyifion for the eradication of infec-
tious diseases in lower animals; in re
lation to bringing certain suits; chang
ing the time for holding the court OF
Chancery in Sussex county from the
lirst Monday in March and September
TO the first Monday in June and Dec
smber; providing for an additional JUS
ice OF the peace at Harrington; for
he protection of oysters in Murderkin
md st. Jones Rivers: allowing the
courts to grant fractional licenses in
cases where the applicant has been re-
used on account of technical error