Evening journal., 1905-03-20
WILMINGTON LOAN
MEASURE KILLED
Water Department and Street
and Sewer Bills Re
ported Unfavorably
WATER RIGHTS ALSO REJECTED
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Dover, March 20.-The House today
passed three important oyster bills
which are intended 10 reclaim the nat
ural oyster beds, foster their growth
and give larger revenues 70 the State
any cheaper oysters to Deiawareans.
The bills provide also for a resur-
vey of the natural oyster beds to pre-
vent the use of power winders and
electric dredges and require n rough
Gull OF oysters to be returned to the
natural bids.
The House passed the Senate bill
lappropriating S25O0 annually for the
next two years for the encouraging OF
Immigration to Delaware.
WATER BILLS KILLED.
Authorizing the Mayor and Council Of
wilmington 20 borrow 100000 for the
use of the Board of water Commission
ers Of said city; amending an act author
lzing the Mayor ana Council OF Whining
ton to borrow S2oe.0OO for the use of the
Board Of Water Commissioners of said
city; giving the Street and Sewer Depart
ment OF Wilmington authority TO con-
struet sewers within radius Of five
miles outside the city limits; authorizing
the Mayor and Council of Wilmington
through the Board of Water Commission
ers, 90 condemn water rights; comforting
upon the Mayor and Council OF Whining
ton rover TO regulate the use Of streets
and highways In so far as the same re-
late to general police power; for the pro-
lection and preservation OF SQUIRRELS
These measures were reported fav-
ornbly: House bill providing that geese
and ducks shall not be carried out Of
the State unless license Is first OBJ
tained House bill authorizing the De-
partment of Elections of Wilmington
to make a canvass of made votersi
House bill in relation to elections in
/ New Castle.
The House bill providing a simpliiled
ballot was reported without recom-
mendauon.
In the Senate today, the bill Great
ing a Live stock Sanitary Board FOR
the inspection OF cattle and prevention
lof dangerous diseases was reported
favorably.
The following bills were also report
ed favorably: Additional magistrate fol
Kent county to reside at Hickman; re.
Incorporating the Ferris Reform
lSchool; authorizing Harrington'l
Board Of Education to enlarge it'
school buildings; regulating chiropody
making illegitimate children heirs a.
llaw.
The following bill authorizing an ap'
preparation OF $500 as a eontingen
fund for the suppression Of contagious
ldieases Of domestic animals was re-
lported unfavorably.
These bills were reported withou
recommendation: Exempting piano
land musical instruments from seizure
providig salaries for county schoo
commissioners authorizing Horace q
Rettew TO collect unpaid taxes Of tn
past four years.
A resolution was offered I'm the Sen
ate appointing as conferees on the VIII
mington Board OF Education charte
bill Senators Monaghan and Sparks.
BOUNDARY DISPUTE PAPERS.
The Wilmington abuttng propert.
bill and a joint resolution offered b.
Senator Smith TO secure and preserv
all books and papers used I'm the suit
between New Jersey and Delawar
were indefinitely postponed.
The Reed repeater Of the State goo
lbin; and the New Castle County Gen
eral Indices bill were referred unit
this afternoon.
An amendment submitted to tn
Meredith child labor bill making 1t ap
pllcable only to incorporated cities an
towns was lost.
The Senate concurred In the follow
ing: The child labor bill; Newar
water works bill requiring the Councl
Of that town to call upon petition o
twenty responsible freeholders an elec
tion on "shall the water work be sold;
and three House bills relating to IN
New Castle county worzhouse by au
thorizlng the refunding OF $500
loan and increasing IT TO 100000; an
providing for an addition to the work
house.