Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-01-26

star Correspondence Of Gazette and journal.
Dover, Jan. IA. Mr.. Tharp will intro.
duce an act further supplementing the
act entitled ian act to establish bank,
and incorporate company, under the
name Of the Farmers Bank of the
State of Delaware ~ which, II passed,
will authorize the closing OF the
branch of said bank at New Castle
and the reduction of the capital stock
OF said corporation about S170, 200.
The bill is accompanied by letter,
which says. SIT will be Of great ad.
vantage and benefit to the stockholders
Of the said corporation if the New
Castle branch should be closed, and
the capital stock should be reduced
about $4,000, which is the amount of
the capital stock issued by the New
Castle branch. The letter is signed
BY II. Ridgely, William Baxter, Charles
q. Stockley, james Megary, Joseph l..
Carpenter, DR., Alexander B. Cooper,
z. Almond, Frank II. Diehl, John III.
Rodney, William Bowe, George II. Gill
dersleeve, Henry @. Conrad, James b.
Anderson, William w. Lohdell, p. X.
Meredith, Charles =. Dubell, Caleb s.
Pennewill, Edwin r. Paynter, Charles
W. McFee, Charles B. Houston, Will
liam b. Tomlinson, j. p. Doughten,
.. w. Elkinton, Albert H, Silver,
James u. Eliason, John W. Casson,
Joseph Mcdaniel and Elwood Jenkins.
It is said that the New Castle branch
is being operated Mt an annual loss OF
5000, that the Farmers Bank has
5000 on deposit in Philadelphia
which is drawing only 2 per cent in
terest, that the State is paying A per
cent on bonds and that the State, If the
New Castle branch were wound up,
would receive three-hfths of its capital
stock.
CHANNEL OF THE DELAWARE RIVER.
Both houses, yesterday, adopted the
following resolution, which was intro
dueed by Senator Knox:
Whereas, The commercial and in
dustrial interests OF States bordering
on the Delaware River require that the
channel of said river shall be such as
to permit modern deep draft steam
ships to navigate the waters thereof,
thereby placing the port of entry upon
said river upon an equality with other
ports on the Atlantic coast which now
have channels of 30 feet or more;
therefore, be it
Resolved, BY the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State Of Della
ware in General Assembly met: That
the Senate and House of Representa-
tives OF the State of Delaware hereby
urge and request, the Congress of the
United States to enact such legislation
at its present session as will provide
channel in the Delaware River Of the
| depth of 80 feet.
"Resolved, That copies of this reso-
luton be sent to the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United
States" 9'
~ THE PEACE TREATY.
The House, by vote of 90 to /,
adopted the following joint resolution,
which was introduced by Representa-
tive Herring:
Whereas, The commissioners ap-
pointed by the President of the United
States and the commissioners appointed
by the government of the Kingdom Of
Spain have formulated and signed a
4 treaty of peace between said govern
ments, by which treaty the United
1 States has secured sovereignty over the
Philippine Islands and the Island of
Porto Rico and its adjacent islands,
and has compelled the Spanish govern
ment to evacuate the Island of Cuba;
and,
Whereas, Said treaty has been laid
before the Senate of the United States
for the purpose of obtaining the con-
sent Of said Senate; therefore, be it
Resolved, BY the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State Of Della
ware in General Assembly met: That
the General Assembly of the State of
Delaware requests the Senate of the
United, States to approve, confirm and
consent to said treaty, and that copy
hereof be forwarded to the Senate of
the United States
Fl Representative Taylor was the only
Democrat who voted on the resolution,
and he voted in the negative. The
other Democratic Representatives. alb
solutely declined to vote. They would
mot vote because they did not know the
provisions Of the treaty, and, therefore,
could not vote intelligently.
EQUALIZATION OF TAXATION.
Representative j. b. Clark will in
Produce an act equalizing taxation for
school purposes. The bill is as follows
Whereas, The school commissioners
pre- required to tax the rental value Of
real estate when raising funds within
+ the several school districts; and,
+ Whereas, The said school commits
a fioners are required, for the same dur
4pose, to tax the selling value of per-
x Aonal property; and,
Whereas, Such discrimination is
manifestly unjust; and, H
( Whereas, The rental value OF real
estate is approximately per cent of
3the selling value of the same; there
|x {ore, be it enacted, &c.f
[ THAT on and after June LIST, 1899,
III school commissioners, committees
. pr boards of trustees in tho State hay-
X{ng power to levy taxes for the pur-
81 Dose of raising the legally required
fund within the several school districts
hall levy the said tax on 5 per cent
knly Of the selling value of personal
property. That. the school law, as in
ffect prior to the passage of this act,
nall not be taken to be changed by
VI <his act in its relation to the taxation
~ real estate, the capitation tax, nor
"A any particular whatever other taxes
pit forth in section OF this act"
PROPOSED REPEATER.
! Senator Knox will introduce an act
Il epealing chapter 126, Vol XXI, Laws
Delaware. The act which it is
n Proposed to repeal provides that, upon
preliminary Argument, which may be
pr a simple matter, an appeal may be
hken to the Supreme Court, thus de,
lying the trial of the case almost in
efinitely. Before the passage of said
ct, the practice was that an exception
pould be noted in the court below OF
py ruling upon demurrer. The case
hould then proceed to trial in the lower
purt, and the question reserved, rs
.Il n n.