Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-16

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The Senate promptly concurred in G
the resolution. Senator Slaughter was
the only member Of that body who c
commented thereon. He announced ,
that he would not vote in favor of the I
resolution, because, he said, he had I
not heard it explained, and it had been s
railroaded through the House,
The Senate concurred by the follow /
ing vote:
Brasure, Farlow, Hart, Lewis, Maui,
Meredith, McFarlin, Knox, Pyle,
Shakespeare and President Salmon.
Nay-Senator Slaughter.
Absent Senator Moore.
Ill, and in an adjoining room-Sena-
tor Pennewill.
SINGLE TAX BURIAL.
The Senate consigned 10 the leeisla-
tive graveyard Representative Hushe-
beck's alleged Single Tax measure, en-
titled IAN act fixing the manner in
which real estate shall be assessed"
| and providing that, in making the as
sessment, the rental value Of the land
should be put in one column, and the
rental value of the buildings and i'm
provements on the land should be put
| in another column.
/ tounhlur IL ie ehid bue piiit pNcn u ~
were Single Tax, had merit; it is in
operation in Maryland and Massachu-
sets, and he would vote for it.
| The vote on the bill was as follows:
| Nay-Senators Blakelr. Farlow, Hart,
Lewis, Maui, Meredith, Pennewill,
Shakespeare, Slaughter and President
Salmon--10.
Yea Senators Alice, Brasure, Nc
Farlin and Pylo-4.
Senators Abbott and Knox had left |
the chamber.
Dover, Feb, 10.-The presence of
nearly 80 Sussex countians, who came |
hero to urge the Senate to confirm tho |
nomination of Roman Tammany as
superintendent of free schools for Sus-
sex county, made yesterdays session of
the General Assembly of more than |
usual interest.
Tho conference took place in the
Senate chamber, which was throngod,
J 1t began at ? o'clock, and continued As
minutes. Senator Blakely presided,
and Charles II. Whitley, Woodburn
Martin, John NJ. Richardson, Charles
W. Cullen and Andrew Lynch were the
spokesman.
MARRIAGE LICENSE BONDS.
, The House passed the House bill re-
pealing the law requiring marriage
, license bonds. The vote was as follows.
, Yea = Representatives Cottingham,
Davis, Dennison, Donahoe, Donovan,
J Ewing, Hazard, Herring, Kitchen,
Hunter, Hushebeck, Jester, King, Nc
Nulty, Rose, Satterfeld, Shallcross and
, Short-1S.
Nay-Representatives Buell., Burns,
: J. b. Clark, FAIRIES, Robertson, West
!, and Speaker Clark-I
After the bill had been given third
!, reading, Representative King, a hache-
, lor, by whom it was introduced, was
: requested to explain it, but he replied
that no explanation was necessary.
O Representative West iocularly re.
d marked that, If Representative King
n needed bondsman, he would go ON his
v bond.
4 Several members commented on the
II bill, saying that, If a marriage license
" bond were required, 1t should be de.
a manded of the prospective bridegroom,
o instead of compelling him to ask q
IS neighbor to become his bondsman.
70 Representative Burns read letter
rs from W. L. Eliason, an employee in the
D. office of the clerk OF the peace Of New
r. Castle county, of which the following
y. is an extract:
D. 1.-THE opposition to the marriage
ia license bond is, doubtless, owing to q
ic Misunderstanding of the conditions of
the bond most persons thinking that
Il the conditions are such that, il the
" husband does not support the wife, the
TX other party to the obligation will have
& to support her, or see that she does not
or become charge on the county. 1t Is
B. entirely different. 1t seems to me that,
j. by passing the repeater, there would
Mt practically be no record Of marriages.
IL We have in this office u complete
it record of marriage license bonds dating
A. back as far as 100, and they have fro
be quently proven very valuable. To me,
the giving Of this bond does not seen
II to be u hardship upon any one, and
lit am told that the law OF Delaware il
ay this respect is less cumbersome thar
oh the laws of Pennsylvania and othel
- States,
IN ROAD COMMISSIONERS RAPED.
he The House also passed the House bill
providing that the treasurer of Ney
In Castle county shall pay to the commits
: n sioners of the towns of Middletown ant
Odessa, instead of to the road commits
sIf sioners of ST. Georges hundred, tn
To money appropriated for repairing road
,te and bridges within the limits of sal,
NO towns.
N REPRESENTATIVES, koHNtiNrOSS, Wuu III
he troduced the bills, explained that Mid
III dletown and Odessa are entitled 10 an
te. nual appropriations of 5000 and $500
Tor respectively, but, he added, during tn
wn last two years, the commissioners 9
tbe those towns did not receive a cent fror
hi. the road commissioners.
o., STATE BOARD or EDUCATION.
the Tho State Board Of Education, ye.
too terday, discussed proposed Legislation
100 relating to education, and the hol
ng, that the General Assembly will nc
ate mutilate the General School law WI
900 expressed. The sense OF the meotir
ust was that said law should be thorough
tice tested before it is materially change,
der The proposed act in relation to Il
examination questions to be asked a,
AXE plicants for teachers certificates W;
! to not looked upon with favor, but ii
act providing graded school faciliti
hat for the children Of this State, whic
om- Representative Shallcross will intr
and duce, was commended
the The latter act provides that the Sta
tson Board OF Education shall mainta
lied graded schools, and that, for every chi
pre-. admitted under tho provisions of II
not act, the school admitting the chi
shall receive about Sl5 for each ye
S as spent by such child in the grad
school, which sum shall be paid by I
rms, State treasurer to the district in viii
RES | tho school ia