Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-31

more road overseers for each district.
There shall also be 10 trustees OF the
poor.
There Ia every reason to believe that
the bill will pass the House. and II 1t
does the litigation which has been
pending since the last election In Kent
county between the Addicks Republi.
cans and the Democrats will probably
DO terminated, although the case ia
scheduled to come up before the Su-
prems Court of tho State at its next
session. Tho next term OF the Supreme
Court will he held in June, but as the
matter of Levy Court Commissioners is
fixed in the bill, the ruling OF the court,
as far as the county government or Leg
islaturs are concerned. would benefit
nobody. 1t ia quite probable that the
Legislature will have adjourned by that
time, thus virtually terminating the
term Of the members, and the terms OF !
the Levy Courtmen could he very short. |
Representative Thompson, who few |
weeks ago introduced q bill providing |
for free dispensary physicians in oil
towns OF any size in the State, has de-
cided not to push it through the Legis-
laturs, but will offer substitute, which
comes from the same source as tho origi-
nal bill. 1t provides that the Hct en-
titled IAN Act Regulating the Prac-
tioe Of Medicine and Surgery in this
State" which Was pissed on April
18th, 1895, shall be repealed and new
act substituted, the substance being as
folows: 1t shall not be lawful for any
| ma rsou to practice medicine or surgery
| in this Stats who has not graduated
with the degree OF Doctor OF Medicine
and received diploma from some med
| ical college authorized to grant
diplomas: provided that this require
ment shall not apply to persons who
have besn eight years 10 continuous
regular practice in this State and have
paid to the clerk OF the pcace yearly, Tor
license, $40. Amy person who shall
practice or attempt to practice medi-
cine or surgery or shall prescribe for
any sick person or persons or perform
any surgical operation for fee or reward
in violation of the act, shall be deemed
guilty Of q misuemsauor ami upon con
yjction shall he fined not less than elO0
nor more than $500 for each and every
offence, QUE halt OF the fine to he for the
use Of the iuformer and the otner half
for the use of ths State. Any person
desiring to practice medicine or surgery
in this State shall register with the
clerk OF the peace of the county in
which he resides. his name, date OF
graduation and the college from which
} he graduated, and make oath or afiirma-
, ton that the diploma or certificate oil
his qualification to practice, which he
ia required to exhibit to the clerk OF
the peace, is bona fide diploma or GER
tificate and conferred upon him by the
institution named therein, and shall pay
} to the clerk Of the peace $40 for a
= | a.. k,aa s,,k oh nh oil ha unnI
for one year Any person hereafter on
gagged 10 the practice OF medicine OF
surgery 10 this State shall be required
! 10 register aa before stated or that be
9 has been practicing physician 10 thit
0 State for sight years and has taken oui
D a license from the clerk of the peace,
. Anyone failing to comply with the pro
{ visions OF the act shall forfeit and paJ
9 for the use Of tho State so, 10 he recov
% cred by the clerk of tho peace as debit
= OF like amount are recovered. The pro
y visions OF the act shall not apply Il
g physicians who are regular practitioner
Q of any other State when called int
. this State to attend the sick. An effor
will be made. it is understood, TO pas
this bill.
II The Senate yesterday passed. tb
D House bill prohibiting the catching Q
n oysters, in general way, in Murderkil
!. and st. Jones' Rivers between April Is
1t aud September 18th. 1t provides. how
n ever, that people living 10 the vicinit
10 of the rivers can take therefrom iiv
bushels of oysters, for their own use, be
tween September LIST and Septembe
!, 18th. A penalty is provided, however
n for catching and selling oysters durin
tx the time when general traffic 10 pre-
ie hibited. When the hill came up SsnF
le tor Pyle questioned the right OF th
o. General A ssembly to act upon it, as b
4, thought it was such bill as could b
at construed as class legislation. but upo
s. consulting the Constitution closely,
is discoyored that there was nothin
therein to prohibit such action. an
re withdrew his objection and voted y
Ill the bill.
is Representative Short gave notice {
sw bill providing for stenographer 4
Rs this state courts. lie ia to report tn
70. proceedings of the Superior Cour
as General Sessions and Oyer and Term
es per, and do other work generally r
re- auiisd Of the court steuogrnpher, at
I've annual salary Of 81, 200.
Some of the residents of Dagsbo
0. hundred, Sussex county. are OF Il
ID, opinion that the hundred should ha
re- two voting places, instead OF one, al
ng n bill to make this change was Civ,
sty notice OF by Representative Duke
zen The measure ia 10 course OF preparatio
and IL has not been learned what loo
tiops have been decided upon for t
re- voting places. The hundred is compar
nal lively large. and it is said many OF t
of voters havs been put to inconvenien
lao in going to the voting placesou electi
the day. This bill has put several 9th
ep- members of the Legislature to thin
1t ing, and 1t ia probable that some ri
lall will be devised whereby the voti
places all over the county will be fix
re- 10 agree with the boundaries OF I
nR Representative districts. The hundr
ltil lines are now virtually out of tho gu
son tion, SO far az elections are concernc
uld ami more regard must be paid to
,or Repr esentative districts. Ii IL like
ths thefefors, that a bill will soon be p
and pared directing somebody to eHtabI
ess the voting places all over the county
nks agree with the district arrangements
esi President of Council Lsitoh. Count
man O'Neill and Tax Receiver Mitch
and of Wilmington came to Dover Q
q of placed in the hands Of the House &C
use, mittee on municipal corporations 81
en- stituts for the bill reducing the
the rate on unimproved land in Wilmi
and ton. Tho substitute is very much
now same as the bill, except that il re8tri
. on the meaning of the word rural
that the bill SO that it cannot be constr
ions 10 it's broad sense. The delegation |
oar Peter l.. Cooper, Jr., who is interest
ars, we're given hearing at noon by