Middletown transcript., 1901-01-26
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Review Of Interesting Happenings Of the
Past Week
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review Of Interesting Happenings Of the
Past Week
MONDAY
The House passed the bill authorizing
the City Council of Wilmington to ap-
propriate 81 500 annually for the Phoenix
Ambulance.
In the House ex-Speaker Theodore F.
Clark offered resolution calling atten-
ton to the fact that intoxicating liquors
IN bottles and otherwise have been stored
In certain rooms in the State House and
that proper conduct was demanded at all
times by the people from the members
OF the General Assembly. The resolu-
ton called on the custodian of the State
House to remove the liquors from the
building. The resolution was passed
without dissenting voice and sent to
the Senate, where it is said no Senator
will call it up. Several members said
they did not know the beer was there.
Notices were given in the House by
Mr.. Robertson of an act to amend chap
ter 273, volume 81, Laws of Delaware,
providing a general corporation law.
MIR. Kitchen gave notice of an act to
repeal section 8, chapter 555, volume 15,
laws OF Delaware, in relation to screens
In saloon windows. This provides that
the screens i'll saloon windows be allowed
to be closed all the time if the owner
desires, instead of being compelled to
throw them open on Sunday.
Mr.. Aron gave notice of an act to pre-
vent the marriage of degenerates. This
act provides that persons either physi-
cially or mentally unfit shall not receive a
license to marry and hereafter all persons
desiring the joys of matrimonial bliss
must frst secure physicians certificate.
No penalty will>be attached for the min
lister who defes this law.
Mr.. White gave notice of an act to
permit the town of Milford to fund its
sewer bonds.
Notice was given by Mr.. Moore of an
act to prevent the catching of carp in the
Delaware Bay or its tributaries during
the months of June, July and August.
This is good measure as the carp is rap
idly becoming extinct. 1t is used largely
as food fish.
Senator Clements gave notice of two
bills fixing the salary of the Secretary of
State at $2500 and turning all fees of the
office into the treasury.
In the Senate Mr.. McFarlan called up
the bill to appropriate $124,O to the
Delaware State Hospital. It was read
the first time and referred.
FOR GOOD ROADS
The good roads bill was presented by
Representative Finn The bill provides
that State Highway Commissioner and
county road supervisors shall be appointed
and State appropriation made. Perma-
nent improvement will be made to the
roads by macadam, improved steam stone
crushers and road machines, the road
taxes paying one-half the expenses and
the State the other.
TO ABOLISH THE PILLoRY
Senator Clements bills to abolish the
pillory and to provide corporal punish
ment for wife beaters, were called up for
second reading in the Senate and were
Chief Justice Lore has written
a letter to Senator Clements commencing
his action in presenting the bills. The
chief justice suggests that it would be
poetic justice to have clause added to
the bill regarding wife beaters that would
give the ill-treated wife an opportunity
to WELD the lash on her cruel husbands
back. The chief justice says he advocates
5he abolition of the pillory, as it has out
lived its usefulness, and is now relic of |
THE LOCAL OPTION QUESTION
The temperance people are trying to |
ecure the signature Of the members of |
he Legislature to a petition which if
hey secure sufficient number of the
members in each County will enable
hem to have it acted upon and an cleo
ion this year for the people to say
whether they want local option in their
lifferent hundreds or not They have
ecured the signatures of Senators Penne-
will and Farlow, majority of the Sus-
ex Senators, and Representatives Lay
on and Long. For local option legisla-
i've purposes the State is divided into
our districts, Wilmington, rural New
'astle, Kent and Sussex. There is no
ctivity in the temperance people of Kent
ounty which looks as if they had
opeless case here.
TUESDAY
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