The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-02-01

this section shall be Onstrued to re.
peal, modify or In any manner affect
the provisions Of said chapter 45s,
Volume II, Laws of Delaware, other
! wise than to suspend the collection of
said tax for any year In whic h the said
company shall pay the gros S amount
aforesaid in the manner aforesaid d, in
lieu of said tax; and nothing herein
Shall be cons trued as a contract ex
empting the said company from such
taxation as may hereafter be imposed
by law.
| Section 5. That all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent herewith are here
by repealed.
Representative Prettyman yes,,er.
day offered a bill taxing all corpo IA.
tions having stores or n!!saces of bu 81
ness outside of TIC State wl;o rnn
tnclr delivery wagons in the CITY Of
mI,~.,gton. The idea is to charge
.uch firms as Wannamaker, Lit Bros :.
Van Sewer, Sharpless & Co., Gimbell,
and the Standard Oil people, tax OF
! al le9st fifty dollars and possibly one
! hundred dollars for each and every
delivery wagons run on the streets of
Wilmington.
Representative Healey gave notice
Of bill taxing the Electric Steet rail
way Companies running on the street
OF Wilmington, so much per car or
much per mile OF the railway tracks. o
Also to require the companies to pave
the streets over which they run from
curb to curb.
Senator Blakely gave notice Of an
act taxing the polls Of telegraph and
telephone companies in New Castle
County. The companies already pay
a tax OF one dollar on each and every
poll in the city of Wilmington. This
bill, If it passes, will then include ev-
cry pole in New Castle County and
will add considerably to the revenues
of the County.
The Governor named Professor Jas.
E. Carroll, Superintendent of Public
Schools in Kent County which was
promptly confirmed by the Senate.
Senator Abbott yesterday had the
bill Of the Diamond Trust Company
held up and re committed. The COM
pany want the privilege Of doing u
banking business in the town of Do
yer. 1t proposes to start business
with Il paid up capital Of twenty five
thousand dollars.
Senator Wright is having COPIES
struck of of the Torrens Land ard Ii |
tic bill which was sent to him by At
torncy Josiah Marvil Of Wilmington.
The bill is said to be q good one by |
some while others have objections to |
it, If it passes and becomes law
it will-take all of the searching of !
out of the hands OF the at
torney's of the State.
The good roads bill presented by
Representative Finn has been print
ed and the members are sending the
pamphlets to their constituents. The
bill is the same as that which appear
cd at Dover two years ago and rcceiv-
ed 10 votes in the House. 1t was
presented hy Representative Robert
son.
Representative Finn will introduce
the bill to enable the Levy Court to
borrow &l70,00O.
The Plumbers Association wants n
gas Inspector and Representative
RubertsoISwill introduce the bill in a
few days.
Representative Robertson by re-
quest Of the National Association of
Steam Engineers. also will introduce
an act for the protection Of life and
property against loss or damage from
the operation Of steam boilers or steam
nngineS, steam wherever used for
power by Incompetent persons. Sim
liar acts are to bc introduced in the
Legislatures of other states. The
object Of the bill is to piovidc that
six months after the passage Of the
lct none but licensed engineers shall
Je permitted to operate steam engines
n citscs and towns OF more than
5000 inhabitants.
This bill came up two years ago
md wa, defeated by The manufacture
RS.
Representative Ewing had his bill
'cIating to husband heaters called up
nd read second time 1t caused
much merrimcnt.
Senator Alice gave notice of Il bill
o provide for the punishment of per-
ons who msapply or EN- bezzle funds
cld in trust. At present if an exc
utor or administrator should misap-
'ly or get away with funds left in his
rust the ouIy legal retrbution can
e, secured through civil action on
he bond Of the delinquent executor
I administrator.
in the House today Mr.. Holcomb
Introduced his bill to require tenders
0 he placed on all trolley and cable ,
arS operated in the state. For each I
fence sum Of $50 is to lie imposed
Moore S bill to strike
ut the color and age columns in reg
,tration books, thereby abOlishing
hose entries, was introduced and re-
,rrcd today.
The House concurrcd in the Senate
lint resolution ratifying the Thir- I
zenith, Fourteenth and Fifteenth
to the Constitution OF
10 United States
Senator Abbott wants the divorce
ws amended so that service in di-
orcc proceedings can be had outside
lc state.
Senator Peuntwil will stand as
'oEsor for bill to restore voters
.sistants. i
Senator Blakely will introduce a
II to tax telegraph and telephone {