Evening journal., 1899-02-11
NO DEFINITE RESULT.
Meeting to Consider General
Incorporation Bill.
NO MORE MATRIMONIAL BONDS

A EMIL OFFERED A0GlArNET MAIL
PRACTITIONERS -REFREBENIA-
TiTvB sHCRTrs ECIL ABOUT THE
INDEBTEDNESS oF SUSSEX.
RESOLUTION TO ADJOURN ON
MARCH 6-oIHER LEGISLATIVE
BUSINESS.
Stan Correspondence Evening Journal
Dover. Feb. l1.-I.ast night meet-
ing to consider the general inooIpora-
ton bill was held in the Hall Of Rep
reseneativss under the auspices on the
House Committee on Private Corpora
tions. Nearly a.l the members in town
were in attendance. and quite a num-
Der Of persons outside the member
ship. Walter II. Hayes. attorney for
the House, read the biig, section by sec
ton, and 1t was late at night before
the meeting adjourned
A copy Of the New jersey law was
presented, and various comparisons
made. Amendments proposed by ].
| Ernest Smith, cf Wilmington, were
also considered. and some Of them
made a favorable imDreeeior. sacre-
tary Of Slate James II. Hughes made
a short address, urging the formu.a-
ton or a moderate measure, and Il
! was also suggested that the railroad
, and railway interests be eliminated
from the bin thus removing the Penn.
5 sy~Sania Railroad Company as faotoi
B in the fight, and letting that contes
come on a supplemental bill. Nothin,
dcAnite resulted from the meeting.
THE CN0lNSTlTUTlONJA14 MAJORITY
There was a decided difference o
, opinion in the House yesterday on thI
! bin requiring employers OF more thar
ten persons 20 make at least bl-weel0l.
payment Of wages in cash and not b.
chtok. There was no debate. but tn
vote stood as follows:
Yea-Nlessre. Burns. Buell.. ]. Z
Clark. CottinghaHn, D1nahoe, Donovan
/, Ewing, FAIRIES, Frizzel. Herrlnl
Hushd-e-k, Jenkins, Iadtomus. Nc
Nul.y, Robertson and shaLcrox-ll
!, Nay-Messrs. DennIson, Frizzel Haa
aard, Kitchen, Jester, Rose, satteI
field, Taylor Tharpe wagamon an
Mr. speaker-12
Az fir-c the speaker declared that tn
bin had passed, but when it was cal
: ed to his attention that the Constih
tion required that a BILL should n
- ceive a majority Of an the votes
each house he reversed his deeislo
!. ald decided that the bill was lost,
,o % required at least eighteen votes
- pass it, and it was two short.
~ This new kink has led to gre.
deal Of trouble. for It is feared tn,
~ quite a number OF bills have pass,
"a both houses without thls required nj
in jority. The Journals will now be car
10 fully s-lutinized and all such defec
Id remedied.
v In the Senate yesterday the bill d
n ing AWAY with the marriage licen
s. bonds passed by vote OF to g. SEW
Id is not a majority Of eighteen. but Sc
e. atoIs Pyle and Maull have signif'
le their intention q voting for the b
m to-day, thus giving It the requisi
er number Of votes.
wv NO A1ClRlE MARRIAGE BONDS.
De by vote Of to 8 the Senate yc
.,i terday afternoon passed the House b
h. doing away with the s2c0 bond a
" companying marriage licenses issu
a., by clerks Of the peace. Ii was repol
u' ed without Recommendation and wou
nn have been killed but f5r the fact tn
ha Senator Abbott, OF Milford, called I
les tention to the absurdity Of such STIR
ms bonds, which are only a source Of a
10 noyance and inc -nvenience to pl
hs sons who wish to get married, as w
as an unnecessary expense. Senal
Knox, who believed that the antlqu
r Of the bond custom should protect
ait first refused to vote, but aftenwal
- changed his mind and voted no. VIII
=. the smoke cleared away the vote ste
lnr as follows:
-, Yea-Messrs. Abbott, Alice, Blake
-n Hasure, Farlow. McFarMn a
:. Shakespeare-Z
-, Nay-Messrs. Knox, Mauli Ne
..or dgh, Slaughter and Mr. President
ies THE END IN SIGHT.
saw Senator Pyle offered a joint resc
the ton fixing Monday, February 27,
,asl the last days for the reception Of I
tbe business. 1t wss adopted withou
of discerning vote. Then Senator X
offered ane fixing Monday, March
1899, as the time for fna, adjou
~ ment, and at his request IL was m
Ting the special order for Monday.
mis- CNIIY ONE AGAINST IT.
sels The Senate passed the Senate
,eet, requiring physicians and other
own ployees Of the Delaware State I
lred pital at Farnhurst to reside in d
ne u.aro thrra ,-ear- be.fora annoin infm