Middletown transcript., 1905-03-11
LEGISLATIVE DAILY GRIND
Great RTsh OF Business Before Both
Eouses--Many important Measures

The members of the General Assembly
returned home from Washington Monday
and settled down to work az the session
is nearing the end and there is much
business to be disposed OF.
There is no change i'll the Senatorial
situation or any prospect OF breaking the
deadlock. Harry A. Richardson on
Tuesday received the vote Of six wliu
broke away from Addicks.
1t is claimed that, according to Attorney
General Richards Views of section ],
article Is of the constitution, the General
Assembly is obliged to pass local option
bill for Kent county, as majority Of the
Kent legislators have petitioned for u,
and that the legislature il privileged (iloi
required to pass such bills for the UTTER
districts for which the petitions have mol
received majority oi signatures.
In the Senate the Senate bill prohibit
ing corporal punishment in the public
schools WAS reported favorabiy. IL pru-
yides fines Of $40 for the first offense, $l5
for the second and $25 for third with Tor
felt OF certificate.
The House defeated the House bill
authorizing teachers IN the free public
schools Of this state to obtain instruction
in pedagogy and methods; also the House
bill taxing dogs i'll Kent and Sussex
counties.
A large delegation OF oystermen from
Little Greek, Leipsic, Mahons, Bowers,
and other districts along the Delaware
Bay, appeared at the State House headed
by JOHN w. Fennimore, Jr., OF Leipsic,
and Rev. James L. Nichols, who acted az
their spokesman. The oystermen pleaded
for over an hour with the committee OH
fish, oysters and game. They asked for
sweeping legislation which would restore
to the people of Delaware their rights to
the oyster beds within the state. They
claim that almost the entire industry lias
been absorbed by Philadelphia and New
York corporations.
The House adopted joint resolutions
re-appointing Thomas G. Roe, George ii.
Gildersleeve and George II. Murray state
directors Of the Farmers Bank at Dover,
and re-appointing William ]. Thorough
good, John H. Truitt and John G. Town
send, Jr., state directors OF the George
town branch of that institution.
Action on the House bill to regulate
fraternal beneficial societies has been in
definitely postponed. Quite large num-
Der of prominent men interested iii frater-
nal societies were in Dover Thursday look
ing after the bill.
The Senate passed the following: Senate
bill abolishing standing in the pillory.
Senate bill to incorporate the Peoples
Bank at Harrington andfully clothing it
with banking powers.
The House passed the following bills:
House bill to re-incorporate the town OF
Kenton. House bill increasing the salary
of the court stenographer. Senate bill
authorizing the president and secretary
Of the Camden Union Campmeeting Asso-
citation Of Delaware and Philadelphia to
make and deliver certain deed-transfer
Of campmeeting grounds from old trustees
to the new association organized under the
General Campmeeting Law. Senate bill
giving the trustees OF the Camden Union
Campmeeting Association certain police
powers. Senate bill appropriating 50, 500
annually, as heretofore, for two years, to
the State Board of Agriculture. House
bill increasing to $500 the appropriation
for the Peninsula Horticultural Society.
House bill authorizing the county super.
intendents to extend certificates of teach
ers after long service.
House bill appropriating $500 to de.
fray the expenses Of stamping out an
thrax. House bill permitting the use Of
nets with meshes less than two and five.
eights inches in the Delaware Bay
House bill changing the voting place in
Frederica from the hotel to the town hall.
Senate bill increasing to 81 900 the salary
OF succeeding governors.
The House defeated these bills: House
bill to make dogs personal property in
Kent and Sussex counties. House bill
providing summer school Of methods for
school teachers.