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SAME DAY---3 o'clock i>. M. The speciaJ ·order being the further "consideration of the House bill, entitled ., •. "An Act ·tq further amend the act; entitled "An Act to re-incorporate the town of Dover, passed at Dover February.27, 1879/' Was taken up for consideration. .. There being no objection,. the bill, as amended, was read, for the information of the House ; Pending. the-reading of which, Mr. Messick moved that the bill, as amended, be re-committed, · Which motion was Lost. Mr. Lowe moved that the bill be indefinitely postponed, Which motion Prevailed.. Mr: Comegys, on behalf of the Conference Committee, in relation to the Joint Resolution relating to New Business, made the following report, which was read .as follows: The Conference Committee, appointed on the question of receiving New Business, report · that, after consultation, they recommend that the House recede from their non-concurrence in the Senate amendment, and concur therein. D. L. MUSTARD, EDWARD BETTS, W. A. COMEGYS, . On the part of the ~enate. THOMAS DUKES,. JAMES WILLIAMS, Qn tMpaft of the House, 492
And, on motion of Mr. Comegys, the report was adoJ>ted. Mr. Whiley, Clerk of the Senate, being admitted info~med the House that the. Senate had concurred in the (ollowing House bills: · " An Act tci provide for public parks for use of the citizen·s of '\Vilmington .and its vicinity," · . " An Act to amend an act entitled ' An Act to incorporate · the town of Middletown.'" · · Also ·that the Senate had concurred in . the ·House bill, ·entitled · · · · · "An Act for the relief of Martin E. Walker's adminisfra-. tors," With an amendment, and asked the concurrence of the· House. therein. And further, that the Senate had passed and asked the con- currence of the House in a bill, entitled ·· '" An Act to divorce Julia Mohlen· and her husband,,, Charles F. Mohlen, from the bonds of matrimony.. . . ' He also presented for signature of the Speaker of the House,·, the following duly and' correctly enrolled Senate bill and Joint Resolution, viz : . "An Act to r~vive and extend .the time for recording the act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the Delaware Club Stables',''
"Joint Resolution in relation to juveniie delinquents." · The Senate amend~ent.to the House biU, entitled . "An Act for the relief of Martin E. Walker.'s administra- tors," Was taken up 'for consideration. On motion of Mr. Comegys,·the amendment was read as·, .follows: · A,mend the bill by adding the following sectiqn: 493
"SECTION 2.. And the said Levy Court is:further authorized and empowered in the exercise of its discretion to take ·such• other bond or security as it may deem, expedient, so that the interest. of the' said county shall not be disturbed thereof. ' Senate, March 13th, 1883. C. W. WHILEY, JR;,. Extract· from Journal. Clerk of the Senate. And, on his further motion, the.amendment was Concurred in. Ordered that the Senate · be informed thereof. · The House bill, tntitled "An Act to prohibit stockfrom running at large in· part of School Districts Nos. 34, 42, and 52, in Sussex County," Was taken up for consideration; And, on motion of Mr. Fr.uer;the bill under consideration., was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. ' On the question, "shall this bill pa:ss the House?" It was decided in the affirmative, And Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. . Mr. Comegys, on behalf of the Committee on Enrolled bills, reported the following Senate bill .and Joint Resolution foi: the !,ignature of the Speaker, the same. having been signed · by the Speaker of the.Senate, · " An Act to revive and extend the time of recording the Act entitled an 'Act to incorporate the Delaware Avenue Club Stables,' '' . · Joint Resolution in relation tojuvenile delinquents; · He also reported the following duly and correctly e~rolled . House bill, "An Act for the ~elief of Ma1tin. E. Walker's adminis- trators. 494
Ori motio~ of Mr. Frazer,. the. House bill,· entitled, ". All . Act to prphibit live stock from running at. large .in School District, No. 106 and parts bf School Districts, Nos. 84 · and ·54, Sussex county," Was read. The Senate bill, entitled, . " An Act. to amend chapter 384, volume 15, of the Laws of Delaware, as amended by chapter 389 of volume. 16 of the· Laws of Delaware," · ·. Was taken up for considerat,ion, . And~ on motion of Mr. L6we,. the bill under considerati6n . was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the' House. · · · On the question " shall this billpass the House?,, · It was decided in the affirmative, and the bill Passed tke HQUst. . .. Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof and the .bill - re~ilrned to that body. Mr. Bario\\', in pursuance of previous notice, asked,. and bil motion of Mr. Frazer, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled ' - · . · -- " A further Supplement to an Ac.t to incorporate the. New Castle County Mutual Insurance Company;· passed. at Dover;': February 61 1849, and renewed by'.an Act passed; January 25:, 1869," . .. . . ' ,: Which, on motion of Mr. Barlow; ·was read. On.motion of Mr. Bario"'., .the Senate bill, entitled, '' An Act to 'divorce Julia Mohlen, from her husband, Charles F."·Mohlen, from the bonds of Matrimony. Was read. The. Senate bill, as amended, entitled .· 495
"An Act to incorporate the St. Johns School Faulkland,". Was taken up for consideration ; . On motion of Mr. Barlow, the amendments were read as follows: Amend Sectio.n 5, line five, between the word ''members." and the word "vacancies " the words "two-thirds of whom shall ·be bona fide citizens of "this State." And further amend Section 5 by adding thereto the words "and when any members of said Board of Trustees ceases to be a communicant qf the Protestant Episcop1l Church, in the United States, he shall cease to be a member of said Board of Trustees. ' ' Amend the bill by striking out Section 7 thereof, and inserting the following :
·"SECTION 7. This Act shall be deemed and. taken to be a private Act and the power to revoke the same is hereby reserved to the Legislature." .· And further, on his motion, the amendment:. ~ere, severally, Adopted. ' And, on his further motion, the bill under consideration was read a third ~ime, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. · On the question, f' Shall this bill pass the Hou~e .? " The yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken; were as follows: Yeas, Messrs. Barlow, Comegys, Dukes, Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Lowe, Perry, Risler, Sutton, Temple, Watson, Williams and Mr. Speaker-14. Nays-hone. . So the bill, having received the required constitutional majority, Passed the House. Ordered to th~ Senate for concurrence in the amendments• .The House bill, as amended, entitled .496
"Ah Act to incorporate Fidelity Lodge, No.· 25, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the State of Delaware, at Frankford," · Was taken up for consideration. On motion of Mr. Barlow, the amendment was read, and on his further motion, was . Adopted. And, on motion of Mr. Dukes, the bill under considera tion was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the , House. On the question, '' Shall this bill pass the House?''· . The yeas and nays were order~d, which, being taken, were. as follows: Yeas, Messrs. Barlow, Comegys, Dukes, Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Lowe, Perry, Risler, Sutton·, Temple, Watson, Williams, and Mr. Speaker-14. Nays-none. So the bit; having received the required constitutional majority,· Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. Mr. Lewis gave notice that, on to-morrow or some. future day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled " A Supplement to the act, entitled ' An Act to h1corpo .rate the Baltimore, Chesapeake. and Delaware Bay Railroad. Company, passed at Dover, March 7th, 1873.' " Mr. Lowe gave notice that, on _to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduc~ a bill, entitled "An Act to amend chapter 13, · volume 14, Laws of Delaware:'' Mr. Sutton gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled "An Act to amend section 7, chapter 77; Laws of Delaware, relating to Bastardy." 497
Mr. Jacobs gave notice that, on to-morrow. or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce '.1- bill, entitled ·" An Act to authorize John W. and David M. Houston to cfo1nge the course of a public road running through their lands in Broadkiln Hundred, Sussex county." · On motion of Mr. Frazer, the House bill, entitled '' An Act to repeal chapter 74, volume 16, Laws of Dela wa_re/' Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Williams, was Indefinitely postponed. ' . . On motion, the House adjourned .
. WEDNESDAY, ~;farch 14th, 1883-10 o'clock, A. M. House met pursuant to adjournment. Pr:ayer by the Chaplain of the Senate, Rev. L W. Gibson.• Roll called. J9urnal read and approved. Mr. Crawford, on behalf of the Committee on the Judici- _ ary, to whom was referred the Hous.e bjll, entitled, "An Act for the benefit of the free schools in Kent county,". Reported the same back to the House,.with the recommen- dation that it do not pass. · · 63 498
Mr. Frazer, on behalf of the Committee on Revised · Statutes, to whom was referred the House bill, entitled , " An Act to amend Chapter 60, of the Revised. Code of the State of Delaware," . , ·· Reported the same back to the House, with the recommen- dation that it pass. · , • · · . ' Mr. Cooch, on behalf of.the Committee on Municipal. Corporations, to whom was referred the House bills, entitled " An Act to amend an act, entitled ' An Act to incorporate ' the town of Milford,' passed February 25,. 1867," "An Act to equalize taxes in the State of. Delaware,'; And the Senate bill, entith:d "An Act to further amend Chapter 152, Volume 15, Laws_ of Delaware, entitled '. An Act to incorporate the City of New Castle,'' Reported the same back to the House, with the recommen dation that they pass. . He also reported with an amendment, the Senate bill, entitled , "An Act to supplement and amend Chapt,r II4, Volume 14, of the Laws of Delaware, entitled 'An Act to incorporate. the town of Lewes, and for other purposes,' as amended by . Chapter· 535; and republished in Chapter 536, ot the same volume.' " · Mr. Whiley, Clerk of the Senate, being admitted, informed "the House that the Senate had concurred in the House bills en• titled "An Act to alter and amend the Act, entitled 'An. Act to raise revenue for State and County purposes,' passed at Dover, ·March 30, 1871," ''An Act to dissolve the bonds of matrimony between William H. Va:ughan and Martha A. Vaughan, his wife," . "An Act Divorcing James Tatman and Catharine C;, his . . wife, from the bonds of matrimony," 499;
. Als9, th~t the Senate had c~n'curred in the House biH, en~: ·titled .. . · · · · . · .· · , ··· · ·.· , •- •- "An · Act - c9ilcer~itig private corporafons, '.' with an . amendment, and ·asked the concurrence of the House. in tre amendment.'' . - . . Also, that the Seri ate had passed anci asked the toncurrerice. of the House _in the following bills, viz: ·· ' · . "An Actfo change the name of Wille C. Bred~n 'tp the name of Willie C. ·Covill, and to make him, by adoption, a r;on an4_heir-at-law of-Francis M. Covill,'' · . " An Act to change the name of Harry C. Adams ·to the Jiaoie of Harry A.Johnson, and :to make him, by c1,doption, asoJi and heir-3:tslaw 9f P_hilip:_G, Johnson." · _ ."An Act to change the nanie of Howard E. Mo·ntgcitnery to the name of Howard E. Cannon, and to make ,him,, by adop· _tion, a son ·and heir-at-law of ,George E. ,Cannon." , . . . And al_so that . the . Senate had adopted and· asked; the concurrence of the House -in a Joint Resolution in relation to the presentation· of the picture of Lord Delaware. · - Mr: Com~gys,. on behalf of the Committ'ee on. E~rolhn~nt~ r~ported the following duly and correctly enrolled House bins; and pres~nted the same·for the signature of the Speaker, to'wit: . -t' An Act to incorporate ' The . Stanton Manufacturing . (;ompany, of Stanton, Delaware/ " · "An Act to incorporate 'The Wawassett.Ice Gompany,' '.': _ '' An Act to amend an act; entitled !.An Act to incorp'o;rate the Board of Education of th:e Dover Public Schools,' " , \. :,0, __ _ _"An Act, entitled 'An Act to incorporate ,the Milton Library Associatio~,' -" , · . ,, , , ,_'"An Act concerning,the acknowledgment of deeds,1.etc."
''Ail Act to incorporat~ 'The Delawari Ass~ciatiori/ of I ·WHmington, .Delaware,'' - ; "An Act to prohibit live stock from runnin{a{ larM in.··. School District, No. 61, Suss<;x county~" · 500
"An Act to arriend section '12~ of chapter 16,·of t~e Re{· vised St:ffotes." . . · He also presented, for the signature of the' Speaker, the following duly and correctly enrolled Senate Joint Resolution,; entitled · · ~· A Joint Resolution, directing .the State Treasurer to pay · . James Kirk & Sons the sum of ·$448.90." · Mr. Messick, on behalf of the Committee on Educ~tion,, to whom was referred the House bill, entitled · . . · •"A Supplement ·to an Act, entitled 'An. Act to inc:orpcmite • · · Delaware City Public Schools/ ·and for other purposes, passed : at Dover, March 4th, 1875," . . .. . Reported the same ba:c:\c to the House, with an amenqmeil:t' · recommending that it pass a,s amended. · · . · . •. , . Mr. Justis presented a petition from the" Pori1ona Grange;" · of New C3.!itle county, in relation to the collectionof taxes, , Which, on his motion, was read, and further, on his motion, was referred to the Committee on Revised Statut.es. . . . Mr. Denney presented a ~etition of George w. Whit11.ker, 'asking ·to be transferred from School, District; No. 72, to Sch9ol District; No. 79, · Which; on his motion, was read, and referred to the Com'- mittee oil Education. · · ,Mr. Justis gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future.
day,• ·he wouldI , ask leave to introduce a ·bill,, entitled., ''Ari Act 'to amend Chapter .. 477, Volume 15, .Laws of Delaware.''' · , ' . Mr. 'Comegys gave notice that, on .to~morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to' introduce a :bill, entitled· · . "'A. Supplement to an Act, entjtled, 'An Act to incorporate the town of.Middletown, passed at Dover, February 12, 1861,.' JI Mr. Lewis, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and oil motion of Mr. 'Barlow, OQtained leave to introduce a bill, en\itled- 501
'' A Supplement to the Act, entitled 'An Act to incorporate the Baltimqre, Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Rail Road' Company," , · Which, on motion of Mr. Lewis, was read. Mr.· Risler presented claims of R. J. Reynolds and John F;• Staats, against the State, Which, on his motion, were referred, to the Committee on Claims and Accounts. On motion of Mr. Barlow, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to render null and void the bonds of matrimony between Aap.ie Gibbs and Thomas Gibbs," Was read. Mr. Jacobs, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and, on motion of Mr .. Comegys, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled · "An Act to authorize John W. and David H. Houston to change the course of a public road running through their lands, in Broadkiln Hundred, ·Sussex County,'' Which, on motion of Mr. Jacobs, was read. Mr. Barlow, on behalf of the Committee on Private Cor porations, to whom was referred the House bill, entitled "An Act to amend the Act, entitled 'An Act to incorporate the Sussex Midland Rail Road Company," Reported the same back t.o the House with the recommen~ dation that it pass. Mr. Barlow, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Watson, obtained leave to introduce a 'bill, entitled "An Act to propose. an. amendment' to Section 17, of Article II, of the Constitution of this State," Which, on motion of Mr. Barlow, was re~d. 0 n motion of Mr. Watson, the House bill, entitled 502
"A further additional Supplement to' the Act, entitled ' An Act in relation to oysters,' " Was read a second time by its title. On motion of Mr. Watson, the .House 1bil!, entitled· .. " An Act to authorize the Clerk of the Orphans' Court, in and for Kent comity to transcribe the General Index to. the records of the .said Orphans' Court," Was read a second time .by its title. On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled ".An Act to amend chapter 387, volume 15, Laws. of Dela-. ware," · Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further motion, was .referred to the Committee on Fish, Oysters and Game. , On motion of Mr. Watson, the House bill, entitled "An Act to amend an Act, entitled ' A Supplement to the Act, entitled an Act to incorporate the town of Milford, passed March 29, 1871, 1 " Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further · moti,on, was referred to the Committee on Municipal Corpora~ tions . .On motion of Mr. Justis, the House bill, entitled "An Act to incorporate ' The Torpedo Company of the · State of Delaware,'.,' Was .read a second time, by its title, and, on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Pr.ivate Corporations. On motion of Mr. Justis, the House bill, entitled ;, A further Supplement to .an Act to incorporate the New Castle County Mutual Insurance. Cempany; passed at Dover, February 6, 1849, and renewed by an Act, passed January 25, · 1869," Was ~ead a second time, by its title, and, on his further motion, was referred to the Committee qn Private Cor,porations. 503
On motion.of Mr. Frazer, the Hou~e bill, entitled . "An ~ct to prohibit live stock from runnjng at. large in '. School . District, No~ 106 and parts of School Districts, Nos., 84 and 54, Sussex county," · · . Was read a second 'time by its title. · The House proceeded to the business on the calendar. , , . The Flouse bill, entitled "An Act for the benefit of free schools in Kent c.ounty;'' Was taken up for consideration,· . And, on. motion of Mr.· Watson, th~ bill under. consiciera- . tion was rea:d .a third time, by ·paragraphs, with a view to pass the House. On the question, " ShaJl this bill pass the House? ", . ,Mr. ~rawford called for the yeas and nays, which, being taken, were as follows: · · · . .. _.· . . Yeas-Messrs. Barlow, Frazer,'Jacobs, Justis, Lewis; Lowe, .Messick, Temple, and Watson-9, _ · , · Nays,Messrs. Coine~ys,"Coo~h, Crawford·, Denney, Perry,· · . 'and Risler-6. So the quest.ion was decided in the affirmative, ,., .And the bill Passed the ·Ho.use. Ordered ·to the Senate for concurrence. The House bill, entitled . . . " An Act to amend chapter 60, ofthe Revised Code ofthe · .State of Delaware," · · · Was taken up for consideration, And, on mo~ion-. of Mr. Justis, the bill· under considera~ tion' was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. • I ' • • • •• On the question, "Shall this bill pass theHouse ?" 504
· It was decided in .the affirmative, And the bill Passed.the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. Tl:le H,ouse bill, entitl~d ·" An Act to equalize taxes in this State," Was taken up for consid·eration; And, on motion of Mr. Justis, the bill under consideration. was read a third time, .by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. On the question, '' Shall this bill pass the House?" Mr. Watson called for the yeas and nays, which, being · taken, were as follows: · Yeas-Messrs. Barlow, Cooch, Crawford, Dukes, Jacobs; .Justis:-6. Nays-Messrs. Denney, Frazer, Lewis, Lowe, Rawlins,Tem.. ple and W atson-7. , ' So the question was decided .in the negative, And the bill was Lost~ The House bill, entitled / "An Act to amend the Act entitled ' An Act· to 1Incor• , porate the Town of Milford, passed Feb~uary 25, 1867 .< Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Watson, the bill, un!=ler considera tion was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. · 'on the question, " Shall this bill pass the rHouse ?" The yeas· and nays were ordered, whk:h, being taken, were as follows : · · Yeas-Messrs. Barlow, Cooch, Crawford, Denney, Dukes, Frazer, Jacobs,, Justis, Lewis, Lowe/ Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Risler, Temple, Watson-16. Na·)rsr 21 ti.Ohe~:·r,\ :' ?,:..:~q (':-} 1:!JYh' n ! So the bill having received the required constituti'onai majority,,\ c•?['('!! :'Iii ,:c-.::q Ii' Passed th6 .f!e11se. n,,.O,;d~,;.e.fi t9.Jht ~~ni,1;te for concurrence. The Senate bill, entitled
0 '. :'.::,;_/l11'Adt'.'.~:lf~;~h~/~mend Chapter 152, Volunie·115,,Laws), of Delaware, entitled 'An Act to Incorporate the City1bLNew," Castle,' "
:" , )Y, l1-tqa1f,~~ ui:?-(9~ 1consideration, , ,,- ''1 '''A'rtd~1\6ii'"'m°8t'ion 'of Mr. Cooch, the bill under conside'fii.~"· tion was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order.to pass the House, On the question, " Shall this bill pass the House?" The yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken, were as follows : · Yeas-Messrs. Barlow, Cooch, Crawford, Denney, Dukes, Frazer, Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Lowe, Messick; Perry, Rawlins, Risler, Watson-15. Nays-None. So the bill having received the required constitutional ma jority, Passed the House; Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof, and the bill returned to that body. The House bill, as amended, A supplement to an Act, entitled "An Act to incorporate Delaware City Public Schools, aµd for other purposes, passed at Dover, March 4, 1873, · Was taken up for com,ideration ; On motion of Mr. Messick, the.amendment was read, and, on his further motion, was A,tfo}ted, M . 506
And further on his motion, the bill under conside,ni.tion was read a third time, by paragraphs, in ,order to pass the House. . · , On the question, " Shall this bill pass the House ?" The yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken, were as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Barlow, Cooch, Denney, Dukes, Fr~zer, Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Lowe, Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Risler, Sutton, Temple, Watson-16. · , Nays:..._None. So the bill, having received the required Constitutional majority, Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. On motion; the House adjourned.
SAME DAY---:3 o'clock P. M,. House met pursuant to adjournment. The Senate bill as amended, entitled · An Act to supplement and amend, Chap. · r 14, V oL · 14, Laws of Delaware, .ent1.tled an Act to incorporate the town of Lewes, and for other purposes,. as amended by Chapter 535,: and republished in Chapter 536 of th~ same volume, · Was taken up for consideration. On motion of Mr. Cooch, the amendment was read as fol- lows:...... 4"mend in line .ro, section. 4, by striking out the words, · '''the ditches," and insert the following~"The public djtches of the Town." · · · Also ame~'d by striking out the word "Dollars'' in the 6th line of Sect. 3, of the bill, · . Arid upon his further motion, the.amendments were. sever- ally · · · · Adopted. ' Arid pri motion of Mr. Messick, the biil under consider ation as amended, was read a third time by paragraphs, in order to pass the house. On the question, shall this bill as amended pass the House? The yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken, ' we:re as follows : · · Yea.s, Messr~.. Bariow, Cbqch, Crawford, Dukes, Frazer, Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Lowe, Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Risler; Sutton, Temple, Watson and Williams, 17, Nays, none. So the Bill having received the requited constitut'iona:f .majority, Passed. the house . . Ordered to the Senate for conctitrence in the amendments. The IIouse bill, as amended, entitled, An Act to amend the Act entitled; "An Act to incorporate the Sussex Midland Rail Road Company, was taken up for con isideration,' 1 ()n motion of Mr. Messick, the amendments were read,.and on his further motion the ame1;1dments were Adopted, And, on motion of Mr. Justis, tlie biil ·under consideration was read a third time by paragraphs in order to pass the House. On the question, "Shall tl}is bill pass the House?" · The yeas and nays we;re ordered, which, being.taken; were as follows : · · 508 _ Yeas, Messrs. l3arlow, Cooch, Crawford, Denney, Dukes, Frazer, Jacobs, Justis, Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Risler, Sutton, ·watson, Williams,-15. ·· · Nays, Messrs. Lewis,. Lowe and. Temple,-3. So. the bill having received the required constitutional ma~ jority, Passed tke Hpuse- Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. Mr. Whiley, Clerk of the Senate, being admitted, informed 'the House that the Senate had concurred in the House amend~ ments to the Senate bills, entitled · "An Act to incorporate St. John's School Faulkland," · " An Act in relation to the contested elections other i:han · for members of the General Assembly." Also that the Senate had concuri:ed in the House amend- · men.t to the Senate· bill,. entitled · · "An .,Act in regard to pleading in civil and criminal cases/' . With an amendment to the amendment, and asked the <;oncurrence of the House the~ein, ' And that the Senate had concurred in the House bill,· · entitled . , "An Act to amend Chapter 106, of the Revised Statutes, .' concerning pleading and practice in c~vil actions." He also informed the· House that the Senate had passed and asked the concurrence of the House tn a bill, entitled " An Act to amend an Act .entitled ' A supplement tci'~ · Act.to incorporate the Rehoboth Beach Camp meeting Associa tion of the Methodist. Episcopal Church, passed at Dover, January 27th, 1873, and which said supplement was passed at . Dover, March 22nd, 1877.'·" The Senate amendment to the House bill, entitled '' Ari Act concerning· Private Corporations,'! Was taken up for cqnsideration ; 50!)
On motion of Mr. Barlow, the amendments were read as follows: Amend Section n, by adding thereto, the following: "Amendments and alterations .of the original certificate ,may be made, by a supplemental certificate, presented, ap. proved, filed, and recorded· in the same manner in every ' respect as is provided in reference to the original certificate." Further amend said bill by inserting after Section 46, the following Section : SECTION 47. All religious incorporatibns, now or heretofore existing under and by virture of Chapter thirty-nine, of the. Revised Statutes of this State, or any supplement or supplements thereto, and all acts done in pursuance of said acts are hereby made valid. And all religious incorporations ·hereafter to be created, may be created by' and shall be subjected in every respect, to the provisions of said Chapter thirty-nine, of the Revised Statutes, and any supplement or supplements thereto, and for this pur pose the said chapter and any and all supplements thereto are hereby revived and re-enacted with the same force and effect as though the. same were set out in full in this act :-Any religious incorporation created under this act shall be subject to the pro visions of Section 10, of said Chapter 39, of the Revised Code. Amend,.forther, by changing numbers of Sections 47 and 48 of the original bill, to Sections No .. 48 and 49. Senate, March 13, 1883, C. W.· WHILEY, JR., Extract from Journal. Clerk of Senate, And, on motion of Mr. Cooch, the amen were severally co1tcurredin. Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof.. The Senate Joint Resolution, entitled Joint Resolution in relation to the presentation of the picture of Lord Delaware, Was taken up for consideration ; 510
On motion of Mr. Justis, the Joint. Resolution was read, and, upon his further motion, the. Resolution was Concurred in. Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof and the Resolution returned to that body. The Senate amendment to the House amendment to the S~nate bill, entitled '' An Act in regard to pleading in civil and criminal cases,'' Was taken up for consideration. On motion of Mr. Jus·is, the amendment was read as.fol lows: Amend the House amendment, by striking out all after the word "accompanied" in the second and third line of said amendment,· and insert in lieu thereof; the following ; " by a certificate of the counsel filing the same, that the said demurrer in his opinion, is good in law, and is not filed for purposes of delay." SENATE, March 14, 1883. C. W. WHILEY,JR., Extract from Journal. Clerk of the Senate. And, further on his motion, the amendment was .. Concurred in. · Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof, and the bill, 'as amended, returned to that body. On motion of Mr. Barlow, the Senate bill, entitled " An Act to change the name. of Howard E. Montgomery to the name of Howard E. Cannon, and to make him, by adop- tion, a son arid heir-at-law of George E. Cannon," · Was read. On motion of Mr. Barlow, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to change the name of Willie C. Bredan to the name of Willie C. Covill, and to make him, by adoption, a son and heir-at-law of Francis M. Covill," · Was read. 511.
On motion of Mr. Barlow, the Senate bill, entitled · " An Act to change the name of Harry C. Adams to the • name of Harry A'. Johnson, · and to make him, by .adoption; a son and heir-at-law of Phillip G. Johnson,". Was read. On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled . "An Act to amend an Act, entitled 'A Supplement to an Act to incorporate the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Associa , tion of the Methodist Episcopal . Church, passed at Dover, January 27, 1873, and which said Supplement was passed at Dover, March 22, 1877,'" · Was read. Mr. Sutton, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and, or, motion, Mr. Justis obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled
"An Act to amend section 7, chapter 77, Laws of Dela0 ware, rel~ting to bastardy," Which, o~ motion of Mr. Sutton, was read. Mr. Justis moved that rule 12 be suspended, in .order to admit the second reading of bills, which were read a first time to-day, Which motion Prevaz'led.. On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to amend an Act, entitled 'A Supplement to an Act to incorporate the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Associa tion of the M. E. Church,' passed at Dover, January 27th, 1873, and· which said supplement was passed at Dover, March 22d, 1S77," . Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Private Ccirporations. On motion of Mr_. Barlow, the Senate bill, entitled
i• An Act to render null and void the bonds of ,mat,imony between Annie Gibbs and Thomas Gibbs," Was1'reka'i .~~cbiitfrtifue/blHs:·,tft1e,'1fhd;' 8S'Ii.'ir t~~ther mQ,tiop, 1",afor<:;(er;i;ed,.-t,o,JJ-ie1(:Qmrn.i.ttee.: QJ;"!: rP.iYoroes.,/ .. , : /\ '' .::~ .Ci ,{'\iPb.i:.Vlf (c;i:/ :_1_:-ir.nr. (~;r ~'TC , 1-!('?-'.'r'.,-11_ .l\ ·c1:.i~J] -;o · On motion of Mr_. 1 ~,H~f;>:,Y, tttp~~ate,pil,11.:~P.ti*ff ' .. ' '· ' ' . ' ' " An Act to change the name of Howard E .. :M;9µtg~ery ·to. the name of Howard E. Cannon, and to make him, by adoption; a,soi:r anq!hefr0 at-la'w•cif George,:& Camroh,M ,1Cl
rr·; ,wa:~·read ,,~jecoh~'time,. ·by'it_s 'fitn~; Ma,··ori' iiis' tuit~e_r ~?t'.~~f ~a5r~~-ftt:ed/~ ;t~l(\ eotrnit:~.f 61\',!~1~;?i?ic'~~~t. (~·! ;,;,_'.; .1,; 10.n.,.wotiQn of 1 1 -.t, i :'~d\n~fi'~A b'l M/' 'B1il6~ , :th~ 1361~~¥JW,{Je:1it{~)~~:i, : :n.r;w " An Act to",Ch<;qg;e t!:,~, pa111,~,;,o~}im-r,~r~·:AAf'~WrW the. name of Harry A. Johnson, and to make him, by aJoptron, a son aritLheir-atclaw,of·PhiHip1G\.t1J~hnsbn/',')·,,,r:: ,C:i?ul :·,t-l,_ · ''" 'w~~1r~aa' r ~;;~~hd 'ti~~e '1by' it~(\ftI6;'~;_1~dt;"Sri'firr!tµ{~tW~'; motion, was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.,,_ ... , '· 1 .\,)\~1·:.-~~tion of Mr. Lewis, the House bill,' 1~~.UWi~J'dW :,:1[_:·_::1:1· ,l::1. ·:\\:;. :;;,: :·:t:.' ~:,:_,:··•1 "1}/.· ·~c· rh1lh,c;·1 ii() "A supplement to the act, entitled •An Act to mcorporate tli~ ~altjm9re,, .{:hesapeake, an 9, . D~la,ware il3ay', Rail roach flom- p~µy,.,_.' ,' . . ·,'.'i · ,,·:,(1 i : 1 _'._:'f_\1.'.~'\':·,,.~; ~'li .f·)A ·f:~>V~~X~~d: tsechn4\ti~kp~:)W,ti9e;···1a~:d,, ln1:hs',1i:Jfi~1{1 mbtron' was 'referred' to ·the Comi:riittee Oli" Pnvate' Corporations;-'' . ,110 l . On motiOii of Mr. Sutton, th,e House bill, enti,tled ., . \'n,:'\An,I~tl,~9',~~~t~d se~ti~µ\; ·. oh~;~e~'.;; ,I;~;s [~f.D.el~;are;,, relating to' 'bastardy'," :1-,· t ! ,'-). : ... · ,·.,,:,.·,·1·-· ~,.u .'), ,"1 ,.:~·;_ ·.·d·/:, ~;·,~ .:oi.1,~ru ,·.() Was read a: second time by· its title, and, on his further ll):?,t}911~ ,V\'.~8 r:eferred, to the,<:::on:in1~ttee ()~1, [1<.ev;ised ,St~tutes, On motion of M~., Ba1rfciw,' the H~us~ !)il( 1ii:dHe'd.,, · 5i3 '",An Act to propose an am'.endment to section 17, article II, of the Constitu~ion o~· this State,'' . Was read a second time, by its title, and on his further motion, was referred to the Committee 1.,n the Judiciary. On motion of Mr. Jacobs, the House bill, entitled ·"An Act to authorize John W. and D. H. Houston to change the course of a·public road running through ~heir lands in Broadkiln Hundred, in Sussex County," Was read a second time by its title, and; on his further . motion, was referred to the Committee on Roads and Vacant Lands. · Mr. Lowe moved that rule 12 be suspended in order that · the House bill, ent.itled "A further additional supplement to the act, e.ntjtled I An Act in relation to oysters','' · . . ,' . Might be taken up for consideration, and be read a third time, by 'paragraphs, in order-to pass· the House, · . · Which motion Prevailed. • And, on his further motion, the bill was taken up for con• sideration, And, on motion of Mr. Frazer, the bill under consideration was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. · On the question., "Shall this bill pass the House?" Mr. Justis called for the yeas and nays,.which, being taken, . were as follows: . Yeas, Messrs. Comgys,Denney, Dukes, Frazer,Jac~bs, Justi~, Lewis, Lowe, Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Risler, Sutton., Temple, Watson, .Wheatley, Williams-,-17. · · So the question was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Passed the H()tl,Se. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. 65 514 :_ ,,Mr. )lawlins presented a petition of s. M. Morgan,· and others, praying for the passage o( an Act for. a, Stock Law in.; School District, N. 55, in Sussex County," · . . , - : · · Whtc;h, on his· motion, was read, and r~ferred · t~ the Committee on Roads and Vacant Lands.· · · . . Mr. Wheatley presented a petition of Joseph Vaughn asking . for. the passage of an Act to enable him to locate certain land~ · in Little and Broad <:;reek Hundreds," ''·' Which, on his motion, was read, and refer~ed to . th~ Committee on Roads and Vacant· Lands. Mr. Denney presented a daim of Thomas T. 'Lally, ,for-,- $18.00, against the State of Delaware, - : Which, on his motion, was referred to the Committee on Claims and Accounts. · ,; . Mr. Whiley, Clerk of the Senate, being adrnitted, info~me4 the House that the Senate had acceded to the request of the House for a conference .on the House.. bill, entitled "An Act to incorporate 'the ' Dover Glass works,' ,i • · And had appointed as such Committee, on pa~t ;'~i the , Senate,. Messrs; Roe, Cavender and Mustard. · · · The Speaker· offered a Resolution, which, on rhotion'·:;f .. Mr; Barlow, was read, as follows : · :, -Resolved,. That in the opinion of this House it is. un 'THURSDAY,'March rs, 1883-to o'clock A. M. House met pursuant to adjournment. . ' Prayer by the Chaplain of the Senate, Rev.L., w: Gibson. Roll called. Journal read and approved. 'Mi. 'Lewis asked that Mr. Lowe should be excused from the further service on the Conference Committee in relation' to the bill, en_ti tled '' An Act t~ incorporate the· Dover· Glass Works 'cbrn- pany.'' . There being no objection, Mr. ·Lowe was ei.cused, where'.. ' upon the Speaker appointed Mr. Denney in_ his_ stead. Mr. Crawford, on behalf of the Committee on the Judi ciary, to_ whom was referred the House Joint Resolution, en ~~ - . . Joint Resolution directing State Treasurer to. pay to Ch.as. 'B. Lore a sum not exceding thi1teen 'hundred dollars, to defray the expenses of certain trials. in. the United States District Court, for the District of Delaware, ': , .,And.the Hoµse bill, entitled "An Act to propose an amendment to Section 11l or _article II, of the Constitution of this State, . . Reported the same back to the House with' fa~orable ~ecomll).endations. He, also, on behalf of the Conference Committee, in rela tion to Immigration, n1ade_the following rellor~, 516 The Committee of Conference, appointed by the House to confer with a like committee on the part of the Senate, ·to con sider the subject of disagreement, in relation to the Immigration bill, report that they recommend that the House recede from their amendments, and concur in the Senate bill, with the amendments of the Conference Committee. J. V. CRAWFORD, R. Y. WATSON, Committee on the part of the House. H. T. CAVENDER, D. L. MUSTARD, SWITHIN CHANDLER, Commit/tee on the part of the Senate. Mr. Justis, on .behalf of the Committee on Revised Statutes, -~o whom was referred the House bill, entitled " An Ac.t to amend section 7, chapter 77, Revised Code, relating to 'Bastardy,' " Reported the same back to the House, with the recommen datio.n that it pass. Mr. Barlow, on behalf of the Committee on Private Corporations, to whom was referred the Senate bill, entitled "'An Act to amend an Act, entitled 'A Supplement to an Act to incorporate the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church,' passed at Dover; January 27th, 1873, and which said supplement was passed at Dover, March 22d, 1877,'" And .the House bill, entitled "An Act to incorporate 'The Torpedo Company,' of the State of Delawar.e,'' " A further Supplement to ' An Act to incorporate the New Castle County Mutual Insurance Company,' passed at Dover, February 6th, 1849, and renewed by an Act passed January 2,'yth, 1869," · ' Reported the s"me back to the House, with favorable rec- 9mmendations, ··" · 517 Mr. Betts, an Ho~orable member of the Senate, being ad mitted, informed the House, that the Senate had elected John C. Pennewill, Clerk Pro Tempore. Mr. Frazer, on behalf of the Committee on Roads ·and Vacant Lands, to whom was referred the House bill, entitled "An Act in relation to Roa(l.s in New Castle county," "An Act to authorize John W. and David H. Houston to change. the course of a pu]?lic road,. running through their lands in Broadkiln Hundred, Sussex county," Reported the same hick to the House· with the recommen-. dation that they pass. . . Mr. Frazer, on behalf of the Committee on Roads and .Vacant Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Wm. G. Moore and others in relation to. the straightening of a public road, leading from Concord to Bethel, in Sussex county, reported ·a bill, entitled "An. Act to change the course of a public road in .Broad- kiln Hundred, Sussex county." · Mr. Frazer, on behalf of the Commlttee on Roads and Vacant Lands, to whom was referred the petition of William W. Otwell and others, praying for the passage of an Act to prohibit live stock from running at large in School District, No. 43, Sussex county, reported a bill, entitled · "An.Act to prohibit live stock from running at large in. School District, No. 43, in Sussex county." · Mr. Lewis, on behalf of the Committee on. Divorces, to .whom was referred the Senate bill, entitled · "An Act to render null and void the bonds of matrimony between Annie Gibbs and Thomas Gibbs," Reported the same back to the House with the recommen dation that it pass. Mr. Watson, on behalf of the Special Committee on Fish .Game and Oysters, to whom was referred the petition of Horace 'J. ~ickm:in and others, in relation to the plan~ing of. oysters in 'lndian River and Rehoboth Bay, reported a bill~ entitled . ~' An Act in .relation to the pianting: ,}r J>ysters. in indian River and Rehoboth Bay." Mr. Pennewill,'. Clerk Pro. Tem. of . the. Senate, . being ·:admitted, informed the House that the Senate,.returned to that body the following duly and correctly enrolled, House bill,, entitled . , · . · , ' , " An Act for the relief of the administrators of Martin ~- 'Waiker, d,eceaseci, the sam·e having received th.e signature of 'the Speaker of the Senate. · · . . . Mr.. Temple, on behalfof the Joint Committee,·to consider · and devise means to. prevent the spread of autumnal malaria, made the following rel?ort : · · · The Joint Committee appointed to cons1d1:r. and devi~e. means to, prevent the spread of autµmnal malaria; report tha,t · after due consideration they believe it a matter h1ore properly com- ' ing under the Jurisdiction of the State Board of Health and. advise that the said Board give the subject proper attention.· . . . . JAS. D. W. TEMPLE, B. L. LEWIS, S. J. WHEATLEY, Committee on part ef the-Bouse. · :· I , • SWITHIN CHANDLER, . D. L. MUSTARD, Committee on part of tlze Senate. ' ' · Mr'. Justis, gave .riotice tha~, ' on to-morrow c>r some foture day, he would ask leave to introduce the following bills, to wit: · ,_; An Act for the keeping in repair the streets of the town!p of New Castle County," 1 " An Act relative· to collection of road taxes in :Ne:w Castl~ County," · · '.' An Act to amend chapter 48, Revised Statutes." Mr. Cooch gave notice that, ori to-morrow .or s0ti1e futur~ day, he would ask leave· to introduce a bill1 entitleq; · 519. "An Act fo amend section r, chapter 107, volume 16, of the Laws of Delaware." Mr. Barlow gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future · day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled . "An Act to a~end chapter 392, volume 16, Laws of Del- . aware, and for other purposes." · On motion of Mr. Barlow, the House bill, entitled . "An Act to provide a uniform ballot for election purposes,'' Was read a second time, by its title, and, cin his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Elections. . . . . On .motion of Mr. B.nlow, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act' to divorce Julia Mohlen and her husband,Charles F. Mohlen, from the bonds of matrimony," Was read a second time, by its title, and, on .his further. , motion, was .referred to the Committee on Divorces. Mr: Justis, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and, on motion of Mr. Barlow, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled "A further additional supplement to the Act, entitled 'An Act to incorporate the Duck Creek Improvement Company,'" Which, on motion of Mr. Justis, was read. Mr. Risler presented a petition of eighty-one citizens of of Cedar Creek Hundred, against the Division of School Dis-. ttict, No. 60, iri Sussex County, · Which, on his motion, was read, and referred to the Com mittee on Education. · · · . M~. Messick, on behalf of the Committee.on Education, to whom was referred· the petition of John F. Sylvester and others,praying for the passage of an act to lay out a new School District i'n Kenton Hundred, reported a b~ll, entitled I '' An Act to authorize the creation and establishment of a ~\V School Di~trict in Kent County." 520 The House proceeded to the business on the calendar. I . . The Resolution in relation to the State's finances, Was taken· up for consideration. On motion of Mr. Justis, the first resolution was reaa., and, on his fm:ther motion, was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. · On motion of Mr. Risler, the second resolution was read, and, on his further motion, was · Adopted. The House bill, entitled "An Act to authorize the Clerk of the Orphans' Court, 1n and for Kent County, to transcribe the General Index to the Records of the said Orphans' Court," Was taken up for .consideration ; And, on motion of Mr. Justis, the bill under consideration was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. On the question, "Shall this bill pass the House?" It was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. The House bill, entitled '' An Act to prohibit live stock from running at large, in School District, No. 106, and parts of School Districts, Nos. 84 and 54, in Sussex County," · Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Frazer, the bill under consideration was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. · On the question,. " Shall this. bill pass the House?" It was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Passed the House,: 521 Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. The House Joint Resolution directing State Treasurer to pay to Charles B. Lore a sum not exceeding thirteen hundred dollars, to defray the expenses. of certain trials in t.he United States District Coµrt, for the District of Delaware, Was taken up for consideration ; Pending the consideration of which, the House adjourned. · SAME DAY-3 o'clock, P. Mi House met pursuant to adjournment. The unfi~ished business being the Joint Resolution, direct ing the State Treasurer to pay Charles B. Lore a sum· not exceeding thirteen hundred dollars, to defray the expenses of certain trials in the U:nited States District Court for the District of Delaware, Was taken up for further consideration, . Which, on: motion of Mr. Justis the Joint Resolution was Adopted. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. Mr. Pennewill, Clerk of the Senate, Pro Tem., being admitted, presented the following enrolled House bills, as having been signed by the Speaker of the Senate : "An Act to prevent live stock from running at large in School District, No. 53, in Sus~ex county," 66 . 522 "An Act.to incorporate the 'Hercules Powder Company,'" "An Act relating to School District, No. 81, New Castle county,'' " An Act to prevent live stock from running at large in School District, No. 68, Sussex county," "An Act to revive and extend the time for ' Recording , Private Acts,' " · · "An Act to renew and amend the Act entitled 'An Act to incorporate th_e Agricultural Canal Company,' of Baltimore Hundred, Sussex county, Delaware," "An Act limiting the powe; of the Road Co:inmissioners of• Christiana Hundred to levy and collect a tax," " An Act to establish a Board of Education for the 'town of Harrington and to incorporate the same, and for other pur poses,'' ': An Act to lay out a new public road in Mispillion Hundred, Kent county,'' "An Act to incorporate the ' Delaware Srengerbund,' of Wilmington," " An Act to incorporate ' The R~pauno Chemical Company,' " " An Act to amend an Act to incorporate the purchasers of the Wilmington and Reading Railroad;'' Also, a Joint Resolution, Concerning the insurance of, the State property ; Also, that the Senate had passed and asked the concurrence of the House in, the following Senate bills: '' An Act to consolidate School Districts, No. 124 and 16, in Lewes and Rehoboth Hundred, in Sussex co_unty,'' ,., An Act to divorce Louisa Cummins and her husband, William A. Cummins1 from the- bonds of matrimony." · 523 He also informed the House that the Senate had concurred in the House amendments to Senate bill, No. 92, entitled "An Act to supplement and amend chapter II4, volume 14, Laws of Delaware.'' · The·House. bill as amended, An Act to amend Section 7, Chapter 77, "Revised code re- fating .to bastardy, · Was taken up for consideration. . . On motion of.Mr. Justis, the amendments were read, and on his further motion were Adopted. And, on motion of Mr. Justis, the bill under consideration was read a .third time by paragraphs in order to pass the House. · On the question, "Shall this bill pass the House?". It was decided in the affirmative, And .the .bill Passed t1u House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence; The House bm, entitled An Act to propose an amendment to Section 1 7, of Article· n; of the, Constitution of this State, · · . Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Justis. the bill under consideration was read a third time ,by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. On the question, "Shall this bill pass the House?" The yeas and nays were ordered, · Which; being taken, were as follows: Yeas, Messrs. Barlow, Cooch, Dukes, Frlizer, Jacobs, Justis,. Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Risler, Sutton, Temple, Wheatley and Mr. Speaker-14. · ,Nays;Messrs .. Crawford, Lewis, Watson. and Williams--:-4. So the bill having received the required consti.tutional ma . jority, · Passed the House. 524 ' Ordered .to the Senate for concurrence. The Seriate bill entitled, An Act, to amend an Act entitled, "A supplement to an Act to incorporate The Rehoboth Beach. Camp Meeting Associ~ ation,. of the Methodist Episcopal Church, passed at Dover, January 27, 1873, and which said supplement was passed at Dover, March 22, 1877," · Was taken: up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Cooch,the bill under consideration . was laid upon the table. · · · The House bill, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Torpedo Company of the State ·.. of Delaware," , - · · ·. Was taken up for consideration, . And, on motion of Mr. Barlow, the bill under consideration, was read a third - time, by paragraphs, in order to pass' the_ House; · · On the question, "Shall this biU pass the House?" The yeas l1-nd nays were ordered, which, being taken, were as follows : . · . _ . . Yeas, Messrs. Barlow, Crawford, Denney, Dukes, Frazer Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Risler, Sutton,,._ Temple,. Watson, Wheatley, Willia:m~17. . Nays~none. · . So the bill, having receiv~d the required constitutional majority, Passed the House; · Ordered to the Senate .for concurrence. Mr. Justis moved that tl).e vote by which the bill, entitled, "An Act to propose an amendment to Section 17, of Article II, of the Constitution of this State," Was passed, be rei;:onsidered, 525 Which motion Prevailed, And, further on his motion, the Clerk was ordered to re-. quest the S~nate to return the same to this body. The House bill, entitled ' "A further supplement to 'An Act to incorporate the Ne'Y Castle County Mutual Insurance Company, passed at Dover, February 6th, I 849, and renewed by an act passed January 25th, . 1869,',, . Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of. Mr. Barlow, the bill under considera tion, was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. On the questfon, " Shall this bill pass the House?'' The yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken, were as• follows : · · Yeas-Messrs. Barlow, Crawford, Dukes, Jacobs, Justis,, Lewis, Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Risler,.Sutton, Temple, Wheat ley and Williams-14. Nays-none. So the bill, having received the required constitutional ma- jority,· Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. The House bill, entitled . "An Act in relation. to Roads in New Castle County," ' \ Was taken up for consideration, .And, on motion of Mr. Justis, the bill under consideration was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House, On the. question, " Shall this bill pass the House?" It ,was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Passed the House. 526 Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. The House bill, entitled '' An Act to authorize John W. and David H. Houston 'fo change the course of a public road leading through thei,r lands; in Broadkiln Hundred, Sussex County," Was taken up for consideration, · And, on motion of Mr. Jacobs, the bill· .under consideration was read .a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass th~ House. On the question, "Shall this bill pass the House?" . It .was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Passed the 'ifo'use. · . Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. On motion of Mr. Justis, the House bill, entitled "An Act to change the course of a public road· in Broad · Creek Hundred, Sussex County,'' Was read. The Senate bill, entitled " An Act to render null and void the bonds of matri~ony between Annie Gibbs and Thomas Gibbs," Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Frazer, .the bill under consideration was laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Justis, the House bill, entitled "An Act in relation to the planting of Oysters in the Indian River and Rehoboth Bay," Was read. On motion of Mr. Wheatley, the House bill, entitled "An Act to prohibit live sto'cli: from rmming at large in School District, No. 43, in Sussex county," '527 Was read. Mr. Pennewill, Clerk of the Senate, pro tem., being admit ted, returned, at the request of the House, the bill,entitled 'An Act to, propose an amendment to section 17, of article II,' of the ·Constitution of the State." · ,The report of the Joint Committee in relation to autumnal malaria, Was taken up for consi_deration. On. moti_on of Mr. Temple, the report.'.'Vas read, and,on his further motion, was accepted, and the Committee discharged. On motion of Mr. Messick, the House bill, entitled . "An Act to authorize the creation .and establishment of a new School District in Kent County," Was read. On motion of Mr. Frazer, the Ho·,se bill, entitled "An Act to change the course of a public road in Milford Hundred, Kent County," Was taken up for consideration. Mr. Frazer offered an amendment, which, on his motion, was read, aQ.d, on his further motion, was , Adopted, And,. upon ·his further motion, the bill, as amended, .was· read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. On the question, _"Shall this bill pass the House?" · It was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. Mr. Justis moved that the vote by which the various sec tions, enactipg clause and title of the bill, entitled "An Act proposing an amendment to section 1 7, of article II, of the Constitution of .this Strrte, were adopted, be recon- sidered, " · 528 Which motion Prevailed. And, on his further motion, the vote by which the bill was ordered to be read a third time,by paragraphs, was reconsidered. Mr. Crawford offered an amendment, which,on his motion, was read, and, on his' further motion, was Adopted, And, on motion of Mr. Messick, the bill, as amended, was read a third time by paragraphs, in order to pass the House.· On the. question, "Shall this bill pass the House?' The yeas and nays· were ordered, which, being taken, were as follows : , Yeas-Messrs. Barlow, Cooch, Crawford, Dukes, !'razer, Jacobs, Justis, Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Risler, Sutton, Temple, Watson, Wheatley and Mr. Speaker-16. Nays-none. So the bill, having received the required constitutional· majority, Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. Mr. Frazer, on behalf of the Committee on Roads and Vacant Lands, to whom was rf!fened the petition of Thomas Cordray, and others, asking for the passage of an Act to, straighten a public road in the town of Farmington, · Kent County, reported a bill, entitled " An Act to authorize the vacation of a part of a certain public road, near the village of Farmington, in Misp1llion Hundred, in Kent C.ounty, and to substitute a new road to be laid out in lieu of the part of said public road so vacated," Which, on his motjon,. was read . Mr. Pennewill, Clerk pro fem., of the Senate, being ad m!tted, presented the following correctly enrolled Senate bills, · for the signature of the Speaker of the House, the same having received the signature of the Speaker of the Senate : "An Act for the protection of peace and good order," , " An Act to amend Chapter 48, Section 2, of the Revised Code," ·529 "An Act t.o prevent ·injury · to burial grounds a:nd the removal of bodies therefrolll," , . " An Act requiring the issuing of a Scire Facias on a mortgage, to be noted on the record thereof," "An Act to amend .an Act, entitled 'An Act for the suppression of ;rntemperance, passed at. Dover, April ~' 1881,"' · "An Act to amend Chapter 390, Volume 13, of the Laws of Delaware, entitled 'An Act 'providing revenue for this. ·state," · .. "An Act, to amend an Act incorporating the 'Black Swamp · Ditch Company," passed at Dover, February 10, 1841. Re enac;ted ai1d amended, March 13, 1877,' " f An Act, entitled, an Act to divide Mispillion Hundred. On motion the House adjourned. FRIDAY, March 16, 1883-10 o'clock, A ..M. House met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by the Chaplair,. of the Senate, Rev. L. W. Gibson. Roll called. Journal read and approved. Mr. Justis on behalf of the Committee on Revised Statutes, to whom was referred the House bill, entitled " An Act to repeal Chapter 5 7, of Volume 14, of the Laws of Delaware, entitled " "An Act to provide for the indigent insane of the State.:of Delaware and the several amendments thereto, Reported the same back to the House with an amendment. , , ·Mr. Justis, on behalf of the Committee on Revised Statutes, to whom was referred t.he petition of the Pomona Grange of New Castle County, reported a bill, entitled · "An Act in relation to the appointment of Collectors of County taxes in this State." ' Mr. Frazer on behalf of the Committee on Roads and Vacant Lands, to whom was referred the petition for a stock law in School. District, No. 55, in Sussex County, reported a bill, entitled 531. " An Act to prevent live stock from running at large in School District, No. 55, in Sussex County. Mr. Comegys, on behalf"of the Committee on EnroUment, reported for the signature of the Speaker, the following duly and correctly enrolled Senate bills, the same having receivedthe signature of the Speaker of .the Senate, to wit : , '' An Act to amend Chapter 3,90, Volume 13, of the Laws of Delaware, entitled" "An Act providing Revenue for this State," "An Act to amend an act entitled 'An Act for the sup pr~sion of intemperance, passed at Dover, April 5th, 1881,' " "An Act incorporating the Black Swamp Ditch Company, passed at Dover, February 10th, 1841. Re-enacted and amended . March 13th, 1877," I " An Act to incorporate the Delaware River Dry Dock and Construction Company,'' "An Act for the preservation\of peace and good order," - '.' An Act to amend Chapter 48, Section 2, of the Revised . Code,'' "An Act to prevent injury to burial grounds and the re- moval of bodies tnerefrom," · " An Act requiring the issuing of Scire jacias on a mortgage t6 be. poted in the record thereof." Mr. Rawlins presented a petition of Jacob Bounds and others, asking for the repeal of an act f01: the suppression of in temperance, passed at Dover, April 5th, 1881, or of so much thereof as relates to the manufacture of domestic liquors,'' Which, on his motion, was read, and,on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. Lewis, on behalf of the Committee on Divorces, to whom was referred the Senate bill, entitled · "An Act to divorce Julia Mohlen and her husband,Charles · F. Mohlen, from the bonds of matrimony, 582 · Reported the same back to the House, with the recommen- dation that it pass. , · , . . . . Mr. Comegys, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Frazer, obtained leave to introduce a bill, en titled "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An Act to incorporate the .town of Middletown,' _passed at Dover, February 12th, 1861," Which, ori motion of Mr. Comegys, was read. Mr. Pennewill, Clerk of the Senate, pro tem., being admit ted, returned the following enrolled House bills, the same having , re<;eived the signature of the Speaker of the Senate : "An Act to incorporate the Wawassett Ice Company,'' " An Act, entitled ' An Act to incorporate the Milton Library Association,' " · , "An Act to incorporate the Stanton Manufacturing Com pany, of Stanton, Delaware." '' An Act so incorporate the Delaware Loan Association, of Wilmington, Delaware,'' ,, An Act'to amend an act, entitled 'An Actto incorporate the Board of Education of D< ver Public Schools,' passed at Dover, February 26th, 1877," "An Act concerning the acknowledgment of deeds, &c.," «An Act to prohibit live stock from running at large in School District, No. p1, Sussex county." . . " An Act to amend section 1 2 ,· of chapter 16, of the Re-'· vised Sta.tntes." He also informed the House that the Senate had passed,· and asked the concurren.ce of the House in the following Senate bills,· to wit: · · · ... '' An Act to divorce John C'. Creadick and Louisa Creadick, . his wife, from the bonds of ·matrimony,'' 588 , ~' An A~t to regulate the practice of pharmacy in the .State of: Delaware;" . ' · · . ".An A~t to amend chapter 148, of the 16th volume, Del . aware Laws." He also informed the House that the Senate had concurred in the House bills, entitled . . . "An .Act to amend chapter 381, volume 16, of the Laws .of Delaware," " An Act to a:nend the ;i.ct, entitled ' An Act to incorpo rate the Sussex Midland Railroad Company,' " And retur.ned the ·same to the· House: . Mr. Perry 'presented a petition of James Po.~der and others, praying for the passage of an act to prevent live stock from runnirig at large in School.District, No. 13, Sussex County,". ' . . Which, on his motion, was read, and referred to the Com- mittee 9n Roads and Vacant Lands, · · Mr. Justis gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future·· day, he would ask leave to introduce the following bills, viz : . . . . ··"An Act to amend Chapter, 7, of Revised Code," "An Act to amend Chapter 16, of Revised Code," • > ' • • .' ' • • ' "An Act to amend Section 14, Chapter 99, of Revised Code." · · · Mr. Frazer gave notice that, on: to-morrow or some fut"1J,"e day, he wou~d ask leave to intro~uce a bill,' entitle4 ·· " A Supplement to Chapter 5t, of the Revised Stat;t6s, of · the State of Delaware, entitled 'of fences.' " · · . . . \ On motion of Mr. Frazer, the' House bill, entitled " An Act to authorize the vacation of a part of a certain public road,. neat the village of Farmington, in Mispillion Hundred, in Kent County, and to substitute a new road to be laid out in l'ieu of the part of said public road so vacated," I . Was read a second time, by its title. 534 Mr. Justis, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Frazer, obtained leave to introduce, a bill, entitled "An Act to further amend Chapter 48, of the Revised Code," Which, on motion_ of Mr. Justis, was read. On motion of Mr. Frazer, the House bill, entitled " An Act to prohibit live stock from running at large in School District, No. 43, in Sussex County," Was read a second time, by its title. On motion o_f Mr. Wheatley, the House bill, entitled " An Act to change the c;ourse of a public road in Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex County,'' · Was read a second time, by 'its title. On motion of Mr. Justis; the House bill, entitled "A further additional supplement to the Act, entitled ' An Act to incorporate the Duck Creek Improvement Company,' '' Was read a second time by its title, and, on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Private Corporations. On motion of Mr Risler, the House bill entitled, An Act, "In relation to the planting of Oysters m Indian River, and Rehoboth Bay,'' · Was read a second time, by. its title. I On motion of Mr, .Messick, the House bill entitled, An Act, "To authorize the creation and establishment of a a N_ew School District in Kent County," Was read a second time by its title. The House proceeded to the business on the calendar. The House bill as :i,mended, 585 An Act; to repeal' Chapter 5 7, of Vol. 14/ of the Laws of Delaware, entitled, "An Act to provide for the Indigent fosane, of the State of Delaware, and the several amendment thereto, Was taken up" for consideration. On motion of Mr. Justis, the amendment was read, and on his further motion the amendment was Adopted. Mr. Lewis· moved, that the House resolve itself into a committee of the whole, t9 discuss the pending bill, · Which motion Prevailed; And the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole, the Speaker named Mr. Comegys, as chairmam. After sometime spent in the committee of the whole, the committee rose, and the speaker resumed the chair. The Chairman of the committee, reported the bill back to the House, Adversely. And, on motion of Mr. Cooch,. the bill under consideration, Was R e-commz"tted. The Senate bill, entitled, "An Act to divorce Julia Mohlen and her husband, Charles, Mohlen, from the bonds of matrimony," Was taken up for consideration, and, on motion of Mt. Lewis, The bill under consideration was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. · On the question, .'' Shall this bill pass the House?" It was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Passed the House. Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof; and· the bill returned to that body. The Senate bill, entitled 536 "An Act to amend an Act, entitled '.A Supplement to an Act to incorporate the 'Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Associ ation of the M. E. Church,' passed at Dover, January 27th, 1873, and which said supplement was passed at Dover, March. ud, 1877," · Was taken up· for consideration, . . And, on motion of Mr. Barlow, the bill under consideration was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. On the question, "Shall this bill pass the House?" The yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken, were as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Crawford, Frazer, Risler, Wheatley-4. Nays-Messrs. Barlow, Comegys, Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Messick, Rawlins, arid Watson-8. So the biH not having received the required Constitutional majority, · Was lost. Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof. Mr. Messick moved that the vote by which the bill just non-concurred in, be re-considered, Which motion .Prevailed, And, upon his further motioi1, the bill was laid upon the table. Mr. Cooch, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Jacobs, obtained leave to introduce a bill, en, titled " An Act in relation to the election of Assessors and Inspectors,'' Which, on motion of Mr. Cooch, was read, And, on his further motion, 500 copies were ordered to be printed for the use of the House. On motion of Mr. Cooch, one hundred (100) copies of the bill, entitled ·" An Act in rel~tion to the election of Road Commissioners in New Castle county,,was ordered to be printed. On motion of Mr. Frazer, the House bill, entitled · Which motionr, 1 Prevailed;;: . Atld;'on·his .farther motion;: the bill was •i:ead a second time, by its title, · And, on motion of Mr,•Messick,,:the,bilhvas:taken.up for consideration, And; :onithtfonotiofl' of Mr. Comegys; the further .considera~ i tion of the bill ·· Was-! Indejinittfy/Poitponed. Mr. Messick offered a Resolution which,' on his motion,. ~r.read·as,follows):· Resolved, Tliat when this House adjourns, it be to meet on Monday next, at 4.30 o'clock, P, M., on hi's 'motion Adopted•. Which, was I On motion,_the House.adjourned. 68 538 MONDAY, March 19, .1883~4.30 o,'clock, P. M~ House met pursuant to adjournmaat. Prayer by the Chaplain of the Senate, the Rev'. L .•. W. Gibson.. · · Roll called. Journal read and approved. . Mr. Frazer, on behalf of the Committee on Roads and Va.cant Lands, to. whom was . referrt'!d .the petition of i!3eI1j~min: . F. C. Rothwelr and others, for an Act relieving them from. the p;1yment of certain Ditch taxes, reported a bill, :entitled •·. · ·· , , "An Act. for the relief of Benjamin F. C. Rothwell .and others," ·.. Which; on his motion, was read. Mr. Temple, o~ behalf of the Committee on. En~olln'ient ' reported for the .signature of the Speaker, the following duly and correctly enrolled House bill, entitled .· .. '' An Act to incorporate the Ja~kson and Sharp Company Beneficial Association." · Mr. Frazer, in pursuance of previous notice, asked,. and,·: on motion of Mr. Messick, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled ...... ' . . ··.·.. . .. "A Supplement to chapt·e~ 57 of the Revised Statutes ,cif the' State of Delaware, entitled ' OfiFcinces,' " · · · Which, on moti~n of·M:r'..!Fdzer; was read .. · Mr. Lewis, in pursuance of previous notice,' asked, and, on motion of Mr. Frazer, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled · "An Act to incorporate ' The Mispillion Conclave, No. 33, I. O. H.,' ,, 539 Which, on motion of Mr'. Lewis, was read. ' ' .. ·. ,.. Mr: .:Sarlo~ gave notice that, on -to-morrow or some future 'day, ·he wou:ld ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled_ · .• . '' An.Act to an;ie~d chapter 458 of volume 16 of the Laws 'o{ Delaware:" ,.· '' '· ' · ,.· · . . Mr,. Lowe gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future· · day;· he 'would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled · 1 , ••·.kn Act\o' ascertairi the' sen'timerit of the voters of the ;,,StateofDela}Yare, .on the·.question of a Local Option Law for the suppr~ssion of. the tr.affic in intoxicating liquors as a beve,r- age.' · · ·, · On motion of Mr. Fdzer, the Hbuse bill, entitled •. . . ,:, An. Ac;:t to authorizethe, vacation of a_ part of a .certain public road . near the. village of Farmington, in Mispillion Hundred, in Kent .county, and to substitute a new road in lieu of, the part of the saicl. public road, so vacated;'', · Was taken upfot. consideration, .And, .onhis further motion, the bill was laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. Frazer, the House bill, erititled ''AnAct to change the course of a public road: in, Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex County," ... \Vas taken up1 for ~orisidera.tion:, And, on his further motion,, the bill under. consideration was read a third time, by paragraphs, in .order · to pass th; House., · · On the question; '" Shall this bill pass the ~ouse ?'' ·.. The question was decided in th0 affirmative, ". : , And the bilf , Passedt!i.e-Hotise. · Ordered to the ,Senate for concurrence. On motion of Mr .. Risler, the House bill, e;ititled . . "A.n,Act in relation. to th1/planting,of oysters in Indian Riv'efan.d Rehoboth Bay," ...... Was taken ;p for ~onsideration. Mr. Justis .offered, an. amendme11t,. whiqh, on .. liis:,ma!iqn~ was ·read. · · · Mr. Messick moved that the bill and amendmen,t,:be llµd . upon the table, Which motion ,, P,:evaj./ed. .On motion of Mr. Wheatley; the House bill, entitled, '· "An' Act to· prevent live stdcl<· from ·running-at l~rg~,-in School ··District' No. 43, -'in Sussex County,'' ' . · . ·. · · Was taken up for consideration; And, on his further motion, the .bill... under. consideration 'Was read a third time, by paragraphs; .in,. order. to pl;LSS .• the · House. · · · On the question, ~' ·Shall•this• bill ;pas!Hhe:'House·?" The question was ·decided, in>the;affirmative, · ' A'n:d the. bill ;- Passe,Ulil\House. Qrderedto' the Senate fot c.oncurrence. •: On motion 'of 'Mr. Temple, the House !:>ill; ·entitlhL "An Act fo authorize the creation and establishment of a School District in Kent County,,. Was taken ·up for consi<;Ieration, And, upon his further motion, was laid upon the table, Mr. Watson -gave.,notice.that;,:on toamorroW:)orrsome future day, he would ask leave to intro.duce a bill, entitled '' An Act to incorporate the ' Milford., Libr~ry. Associa- tion.'.,, · He also presented a claim of H. L. Hyson against the State of Delaware, · · I Which; ·on. his motion:, was referred to· the:: Committee .:On Claims and Accounts. · , · · ·: · · ·1 · · ,-.. :_.~:. 541 Mr:T~lllple gave notice that, on to-morrow ·or-'sorrie future . d~y, ,he would _ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled "An. Act to incorporate the 'Clayton Fruit Company,' of Clayton, Delaware." Mr .. Justis) ,in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Barlow, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled 11 An· Act to amend. Section 14, Chapter 99, of Revised Statutes,'' Which; on motion qf Mr. Justis, was read. Mr. Justis, in pursuance of previous notice, asked,, and on motion of Mr. Barlow; obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled 11 An Act relative to collection of Road taxes in New Castle· County," Which, on motion of Mr. Justis, was read. Mr. Justis gave noti.ce that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled "An Act allowing an additional Constable in Christiana ·· Hundred, in New Castle County.'' ·on.motion of Mr. Barlow, the Senate bill, entitled . "An Act to divorce J no. c: Creadick and Louisa Creadick, · his wife, from the bonds of matrimony," Was read. On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senatebill, entitled. "An Act.to regulate the practice of Pharmacy, in the State of,Delaware, · Was read. On motion of'Mr. Barl~w, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to consolidate School Di~trkts, No. 124 and 16, .in -Lewis and· .Rehoboth Hundreds; Sussex County, Was read. 542 On!mOtion of Mr. Batlow, the Senate bill; entitled, "An Act to amend, Chapter 148, of the 16th Vol., ·Dela: ware Laws, Was read. On motion of Mr. Barlow, the Senate bill, entitled ' ' " An Act to divor~e, Lousia Cummins and. her- husband William A; Cummins, from the bonds of matrimony, Was read. On motion of Mr. Frazer, the House bill, entitled "An Act prohibiting live stock from running at large, in School District, No. 55, in Sussex County, Was read a second time, by its title. On motion of Mr. Denney, the House bill, entitled "An Act to authorize the laying out of a public road in East Dover Hundred, Kent county, and State· of Delaware," , Was taken up for consideration ; And, on his further motion, the bill under consideration was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. On motion of Mr. Denney, Rule 15 was. suspended in . order to adopt an imendment to Section 2 of the bill, Which, on his motion, was read and Adopted. On the question, "shall this bill pass the House? '' Mr. Watson called ·for the yeas a,nd nays, Which, being taken, were as follows : Yeas-Messrs. Crawford, Denney, Dukes, Frazer, Jacobs, Justis, Lowe, Messick, Rawlins, Risler, Wheatley-11. Nays-Messrs. Temple and Watson-2. So the question was decid~d in the affirmative, . Arn;l the bill Passed tke House. 543 Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. On motion the House adjourned. TUESDAY, March 20th, 1883, IO o'clock, A. 'M. House met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by the Chaplain of the Senate, Rev. L. W. Gibson. Roll called. Journal read and approved. Mr. Frazer, on behalf of the Committee on Roads and Vacant Lands, to whom was referred the petition of John W.· Rogers and others, praying for the· passage of an Act to pro hibit live stock from running at large in School District No. 4:z, Sussex county, reported a bill, entitled "An Act to prohibit live stock from running at large in School District, No. 45, Sussex county." Mr. Justis, on behalf of the Special Committee on Repre~ ..sentation to whom was referred the bill, entitled '' An Act to increase the number of members in the General Assembly of this State, and to apportion the same," Reported a substi tute for the same, entitled " An Act proposing amendments to the Constitution, ·for the purpose of increasing the number of Senators and Repre sentatives in the General Assembly." Mr. Crawford presented a remonstrance 9f W. Green and · others, remonstrating against the passage of the pending}bill,. in relation to the town of Middletown. · 544 . , Which, on'his motion, was' read c1.nd'.·reforred to,tlw)i;,o~: . mittee on Municipal Corporations ..· : Mr. Justis,. on behalf of the C0mmittee .. on Revised Statutes, fo whom was referred the House bill, entitled . "An Act to enable the Levy Court of New Castle and .' Kent Counties to change the site of thj:! bridge over Duck Creek, at Smyrna Landing, · · · · · · Reported the same back to the House with the recommen~ dation that it does not pass. . , . . He, also reported back to the House, with a favorable recommendation, the House bill, ·. . · ' " An· Act ···authorizing the Levy Court 'of New Castle County, to fund the floating de.bt of said cqunty.''. · The Speaker presenteci a petition of W. H. Elliott. and ot'h'ers; asking· for the passage of the pending bill, in relation to , Weights and Measures, · · · ' Which was read and referred to the Cdmmittee on Revised Statutes.· · · · · .: , Mr. Justis presented claims of J:une~ w. Wise; 'Crier.~9fi Court of Error and Appeals, arid W. Tucker, Messeng_er of.the, Cpurt of Error and Appeals; · . Which, on his motion, Were referred to the· Committee ori;· Claims and Accounts .. Mr. Justis gave notice that, on to-morrow or soi:he futur1{ day, he would ·ask _leave to introduce the .. following bills, t,o wit:, . . ... "An Act to amend chapter 18, Revised Code of the State:' of·Delaware," ·· · · · ,:.,;: ~,_. ' . ' ..·,•' "An Act to amend c}:iapter 539, volume 14, Laws of D.el~ aware··'' ...... • . . . ' . . ,, ... ' . ·. . ,, '·.·' .. " An act to amend chapter 42, Revised Code of the Staie . . of Delaware," . . . ·· . ··. · .. '· · ''An· A·ct to amend chapter 35, volum.e . i4, .Laws . _\>f. :Oefawii.re," 545 " An Act to amend chapter. I 7, Revised Code of the State . of Delaware," · · "An Act to amend chapter 418, volume 14, Laws of D~laware, entitled ' An Act regulating the sale of intoxjcatin'g liquors.' '' Mr. Barlow, in pursuance of .previous notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Lowe, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled . "An Act to amend Chapter 458, of Volume 16, of the Laws of Delaware," Which, on motion of Mr. Barlow, was read. Mr. Lowe, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Rawlins, obtained leaye to introduce a bill, entitled · "An Act to ascertain· the sentiment of the voters of 'the State of Delaware on the question of a Local Option Law for · the suppression of the traffic in. Intoxicating Liquors as a beverage,'' Which, on motion of Mr. Lowe, was read. Mr. Watson, in pursu~nce of previous notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Jacobs, obtained leave to introduce a bill,· entitled · " An Act to incorporate ' The Milford Library Associa tion,' " Which, on motion of Mr .. W~tson, ;was read.· . Mr. Justis,. 'in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Jacobs, obtairied leave to introduce a bill, entitled · "An Act allowing an additional Const<;1ble in Christiana · Hundred, New Castle County," · Which, on motion of Mr. Justis, was read. Mr. Watson, on behalf of Committee on Fish, Game an.d · Oysters, to whom was referred the Senate bill, entitled 69 646 "An Act to amend Chapter 387,' Volume 15;: Law~, of Delaware,'' Reported·the same back to the House with the'"recommen- · dation that it pass. , Mr. Whiley, Clerk of the Senate, being admitted,·fnformed, the House that the Senate had concurred in the House. bills, ~ntitled :- " An Ad.to prohibit live stock from running at large, in· School District, No. 29, Sussex County,,,. . ·· · . .1 • " An Act to amend an Act, entitled 'An Act i:o incorporate the town of Milford,' " · · "An .Act. to incorporate Fidelity Lodge, No. 25; of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the. State of Delaware, at Frankford.'' ·· · Also, that the Senate'had passed, and·asked theconcurre~ce ~ · of the House ih, the following bills : " An: Act authorizing the Levy Court of New Castle County to make a loan, for the benefit of the Trustees. of the Poor of ;New Castle County," "An Act to incorporate the· Port, Penn Grange Hall , Company, P. of H., No. 9, of Delaware," : " An Act to Incorporate the Diamond State Joint . Stock . C'o~pany, of Wilmington, Delaware.'' ., . . . "An Act to Incorporate.the town of Frankford." · He also returned the ·following, duiy and.correctly erirolled · , House billjsigned by the ~peakers of the Two Houses. · · ' · •' An Act to In~orporate the Jack.son and Sha;p . Company , Beneficial Association." ·· . · • He also presented for 'the signature of the _Speaker .of the House, the following duly and correctly enrolled, ~e.nate bills and Joint Resolution, viz: ·· ·~ A Furthe~ additional supplement to the Act~ entitled, 'An Act to Incorporate The Delaware Rail Road Company(!' 547 "An Act to consolidate S~hool Districts, Nos. 23 and 161, · in Sussex. County, ,under the title of the Millsboro Public School." "An Act to prohibit live stock frorri running·. at large, in School District, No. 63, in Sussex Comity." "A further supplement to the Act, entitled ' An Act to In corporate The Delaware Fire Insurance Company, passed at Dover, January 21, 1826.'" · "An Act to amend an Act,· entitled, 'An Act for the relief of the heirs of James Price, deceased.' " · \ "An Act to Incorporate 'The John Moir and Son Com-' pany.'" Mr. Temple, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and,' on motion of Mr. Jacobs, obtained )eave to introduce a bill, entitled · . . " An A<:t, entitled an Act to incorporate the Clayton .Fruit Company of Clayton, Delaware," .Which, on motion of Mr. Temple, was re.ad. Mr. Cooch, on behalf of the Committee on Municipal Corporations; to. whom was referred the House bill, entitled. " An Act to amend an Act, entitled a: Supplement to the Act, entitled ' An Act to incorporate the town of Milford, passed March 29, 1871,' " · · . · . Reported the same back to the House with the recommen- dation that it· pass. · On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to regulate the Practice of Pharmacy in the .State ot Delaware," .. Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Revised Statutes. · On motion of Mr. Justis, the Hou~e bill, entitled •·" An Act to further amend chapter 48 of the Revised Code,'' 548 'Was· read · a. s~tond. tim~, by its title, ·and, on his futthet. motion, was referred to ~he Committee on Revised Statutes.. · · On :motion of Mr. Comegys the House bill, entitl~d .· . "A Supplement to an Act, entitled' An Act to incorporate t~e town of Midoletown, passed at Dover, February 12,18.61,'" . •.. Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further· /motion, was referred to the Committee on Municipal Corpora~. tiO!'lS. , . . On motion of Mr. Comegys the Senate bill, entitled'. ' . . "An Act to amend chapter 148 of the 16th ,volume, Dela~· ware Laws,'' · · · ' Was read a second time, by its title, and, on hi~ further motiori was referred t0 the Committee on Revised Statutes.· .. On ·motion of Mr .. Comegys, the Seriate bill1 entitled '' An Act to consolidate School Districts, Nos: I 24 and 16; in Lewes and Rehoboth Hu~dred, in Sussex County/: · · Was read· a second time by its title, and, on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Education. · · On motion of Mr: J~stis, the House bill, entitled "An Act relative to:c~llection of road taxes in Ne~ Castle . County," · · · · · · . Was read a second time 'by ,its title, and on his further motion, was referred ·to the· Committee on Roads and Yacant • Lands. . On motion ·of Mr. Justis, the House bill, ·entitled "An Act to amend Section 14, Chapter 99, of Revised 'Statutes," •. was read a second. time; by its' title, and, on his' further' motion, was referred to the Committee on Revised Stat~tes. ' · On motion of Mr.' Frazer, the House bill, entitled ~' A supplement fo Chapter 5 7, of the Rei~ised Statutes, of the State of Delaware, ent~tled '~ Of Fences,' " . · · · 549 Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further rnotion, was referred t ·, the Committee on Revised Statutes. On motion of Mr. Frazer, the House bill, entitled "A11 Act for the relief'of Benjamin F. C. Rothwell and others," Was read a second time by its title. On motion of Mr. Cooch, the. House bill, entitled "An Act in relation to the election of Assessors and In spectors,'' Was read a second time, by its title, and on· his further motion, was referred to the Committee vn Elections. On motion of Mr. Frazer, the Senate bili,' entitled "An Act to divorce Louisa Cummins and her husband, William A. Cummins, from the bonds of matrimony," Was r·ead a second time, by its title, and, on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Divorces. · On motion of Mr. Frazer, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to divorce John C. Creadick and Louisa Creadick: bis wife, from the bonds of matrimony," Was 1ead a second time, by its title,. and, on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Divorces. On motion of Mr. Rawlins, the House. ~ill, entitled "An Act to incorporate 'The Mispillion Conclave, No. 33, ·I.:O. H.,' " . Was rea.d a second time, by its title, and, on his . further .~otion, was referred to the Committee on Private Corporations. · The House proceeded to the business on the calendar. On motion of Mr. Frazer, the House bill, en6tled , . " An Act prohibiting live stock from running at large in ,School District, No. 42, in Sussex county," Was read, 550 0~ motion of Mr. Justis, the House bill, entitled " An Act proposing amendments to the Constitution for the purpose of increasing the number of Senators and Representa tives in the General Asssembly," Was read. Mr. Comegys moved that Rule p be suspended, in order that the bil.l' might proceed to a second reading, Which motion Prevaile,d. And, on his further motion, The bill was read a second time by its title, and further, on his motion, was recommitted. And.furthermore on his motion, 1000 copies were ordered to be printed for the use of the House. On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled . "An Act authorizing the Levy Court, of New Castle Co., to make a loan for the benefit of the Trustees of the Poor, of New Castle County, Was read. The House bill, entitled "An Act to enable the Levy Court, of New Castle and Kent Counties, to charge the bill of the bridge over Duck creek, at Smyrna Landing, Was taken up for consideration, Which on motion of Mr. Justis, was Indefinitely Postponed. The House bill, entitled An Act to amend an Act, entitled "A supplement to the Act, P.ntitled an Act to incorporate the town of Milford," pass ed at Dover, March 29, 1871, Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Crawford, the bill under consider ation was read a third time by paragraphs in order to pass the House. 551 On the question, " Shall this bill pass the House ?" The yeas and nays were. ordered, which, being taken, were as follows : Yeas, Messrs. Barlow, Comegys, Cooch, Crawford, Dukes, Jacobs, Lewis, Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Risler, Ternple, Wheatley,-13. ' Nays, none.. So the bill having received the · required consti~utional majority, Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. The Senate bill, entitled "An Act to amend chapter 387, volume 15, of the Laws of Delaware," 'was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Messick, the bill underconsideration was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the · House. · .On the question, " Shall this bill pass the House? Mr. Perry called for the yeas and nays, which, being 'taken, were as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Barlow, Comegys, Cooch, Crawford, Denney, Dukes, Frazer, Jacobs, Lewis, Messick, Risler, Temple, Watson, Williams-14. Nays-None. So the question was decided in the affirmative. And the bill Passed the House. Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof, and the bill . returned to that body. Mr. Cooch moved, that 200 additional copies of the bill, entitled '.' An Act in relation to the election of Road Commissioners in New Castle county,'' 562 'Be pri~ted for the. use of the House, Which motion· · ' Prevailed. . Mr.- ·co~ch, in pursuance of previous, notice, asked, and, on motion of Mr. Williams, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled ' · ' · · "An Act to ·an:iend section 1, chapter 107, volume 16; of the Laws of Delaware," Which, on motion of Mr. Cooch, was read ... The_ House bill, entitled· " An Act authorizing the . Levy Court o_f · Ne~ Castle County, to fund the floating_debt of said County," . Was taken up for consideration; Mr. Justis moved to amend the bill under COilS!deraticin, by striking _out the preamble, Which motion · . Prevailed. . , Mr. Cooch moved that tlie further consideration of the bill ·' be postponed until .3 o'clock, this P. ~. Which motion Prevailed~ On motion the Hous_e adjourned, . 553 SAME DAY-3 o'clock, P. M. House met pursuant to adjournment. The special oraer being the further consideration of the bill, entitled "An Act to authorize the Levy Court of New Castle County, to fund the floating debt of .said County." · . · Mr. Justis offered sundry amendments, which were rP.ad, and, on his motion, were severally · Adopted; .. And upon his further motion, the-bill as amend,,d, was read a third tim,:, ·by paragraphs, in order t<> pass the House. On the question, '' shall this biH pass the House?" It was decided in the affirmative. And the bill Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. Mr. Cooch, on behalf of the Committee on Municipal ' . -. Corporations, to whom was referred. the Senate bill, entitled ' "An Act to authorize the Town Council of Dover to borrow t,2,000, for the benefit of the Dover Water Works," Reported the same back to the House, with the recommen dation that it pass. On motion of Mr. Cooch, the bill was taken up for · consideration, · . And, upon his further motion, was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House: '' On the quest~on, . '' Shall this bill pass the House ?'' The yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken1 were as follows : · 70 554 Yeas-Messrs. Barlow,.Comegys, Crawford, Denney, Dukes, Frazer, Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Lowe, Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Risler, Temple, Wheatley, and 'Williams-17. Nay,:..LNone. So the bill, having received the required constitutional majority, Passed the House. Ordered that the Senate be mformed thereof, and the bill returned to that body.' Mr. Justis presented a petition of Charles Pattison; and others praying for the passage of an Act to prohibit live s.tock from running at large in School. District No. 78, in New Castle County, · Which, ,on his motion, was read and referred to Com '.mittee on Roads and Vacant Lands. · Mr: Justis presented a petition of R. J. Fougeray, asking for a divorce for his wife Sarah F. Fougeray, · Which, on his motion, was read and referred to the• Com . -mij:tee on Divorces .. Mr. Messick, in pursuance to previous notice, asked, and on motion or Mr. Rawlins, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled · ' ' · " An Act to incorporate and enlarge Sc;hool District No. 90, in the Town of Bridgeville, Sussex County, and fqr other · purposes, · Which, on motion of Mr. Messick, was read, ' Mr. Jacobs presented a remonstrance signed by T. W. Willin and others, against the passage of the bill just read ; There being no objection the remonstrance was ordered to be filed with the bill. Mr. Whiley, Clerk of the Senate, being admitted; informe4 the House that the Senate had. passed and asked the concurrence of the House in the following.bill, viz.: " A supplement to the Act, entitled 'An Act providing revenue for this State, passed at Dover, April 8,. 1869, as amended by Chapter 21, Volume 14, Laws of Delaware.'" 555 . Mr.. Cooch gave no.tice that, on to-morrow or some future day; he ;would .ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled '! An Act in relation to the revenue derived frorri. licenses in the several counties." Mr. Frazer gave notice. that, on to-morrow .or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce the following bill; .. "An Act regulating the practice of medicine and surgery in _this State," · .. "An Act to amend Chapter 47, of the Revised Code, en titled ' Of physicians.' " · On motion of Mr. Cooch, the Senate bill, entitled . "A. Supplement to the Act, entitled 'An Act providing revenue for this State, passed at Dover, April 8, 1869,' as amended by Chapter 21, Volume 14, Laws of Delaware,'' Was read. Mr. Williams gave notice that, on to-morrow or some futur, day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, .entitled "An Act to incorporate the town of Marydel." The Speaker laid a communication before the House· from the Levy Court of Kent County, in relation to the "Duck Creek Improvement Company,'' Which, on motion of Mr. Justis, was read, and .referred to the Committee on Private Corporations. Mr: Risler offered a Joint Resolution in relation to Printing; Which, on his motion, was read, and further on his motion, The Joint Resolution was' Adopted~' Ordered to the. Senate for concurrence. On motion of Mr. Lowe, the Senate bill, entitled ·"An Act to incorporate the 'Port Penn Grange ,Hall :Company, P. of H., No.· 9, of Delaware/' .. Was read. 556 Mr. justis moved that Rule .12 be suspended in ordet that any bills read a first time to-day might pass to a second.reading,· Which motion Prevailed. , On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act· to incorporate the 'Port Penn Grange Hall, Company, P. of H., No. 9, of Delaware,' " Was read a second time, by its title, and on his further , motion, was referred to the Committee on Private Corporations. On motion of Mr. Justis, the House bill, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 458, of Volume 16, of the Laws of Delaware," Was read a second time, by its title, and on his further piotion, was referred to the Committee on Revised Statutes•. On motion of Mr. Justis, the House bill, entitled '' An Act to incorporate 'The Milford Library Associa tion,' " Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further ' motion, was referred to the Committee on Municipal Corpora tions. On motion of Mr. Justis, the House bill, entitled " An Act allowing an additional constable in Christiana Hundred 1 in New Castle county," Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further· motion, was'referred to the Committee on Revised Statutes. On motion of Mr. Justis, the House bill, entitl~d "An Act, entitled 'An Act to incorporate the Clayton· Fruit Company, of Clayton, Delaware,'" Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further motion, was refem~d .to the Committee on Private Corporations. On motion of Mr. Justis, the House bill, entitled "An Act to ascertain the sentiment of the voters of the State of Delaware on the question of the Local Option law, for 557 ·. the suppression of intemperance, of the traffic ·.in iritoxicating _ liquors, etc.," 1 · • · Was read a· second time, by its title; and, on'. his further motion,. was referred to the Committee on the Judici~ry. On motion of Mr: Justis, the House bill, entitled "An Act to prohibit live stock from runriing at large in School District, No. 42, in Sussex county," .Was read ~ second time, by its title. On motion of Mr. Justis, the House bill; entitled "f\.n Act to amend section 1, chapter 107, volume 16, of the Laws of Delaware," ' Was read a second. time, by its title, and, on his further motion, was referred to· the· Committee on Revised Statutes;. : On motion .of Mr: Justis, the House bill, entitled ' \ . "An Act to incorporate· and. enlarge Scho"ol District, No, 90; in the· town of Bridgeville, Sussex County, and for other· · purposes," Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further . motion, was referred to the Committee on Eilucation. · On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, enti~led ·. "An Act,. auth~tizing the Levy Court of New Castle C,ounty, to make a loan for tM benefit of the Trustees of the Poor of New Castle ('minty,"·· · Was read a second time,· by its title, and, on his further. motion, was referred to the Commit.ee.on Revised Statutes.·•·.·. 1 • On motion _of M.r. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled -" A supplement to the Act entitled 'An Act providing . Revenue for. this State, passed· at Dovei:, April 8th; 1869, As amende«:1 hY. Chapter 2·1, Volume 14, Laws of Delaware,'". Was read a :second time, by its title,· and, on liis further .rµotion, w.1s reforred to the Committee on Ways and .Means. ' . ' . ·. On motion, the.House adjoumed. 558 WEDNESDAY, March 21st, 1883-10 o'clock A. M; House met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by the Chaplain of the Senate, Rev. L. W. Gibson.' Roll called. Journal read and approved. Mr. Justis on behalf of the Committee on Revised Statutes, to whom was referred the following House bills, reported the same back to the house, with the recommendation that they pass, viz: "An Act allowing an· additional constable, in Christiana Hundred, New Castle County," "An Act to further amend, Chapter 48, of the Revised. Code,'' ".An Act to amend Chapter 458, of Volume 16, Laws of · Delaware," · He also reported without recommendation, the following bills, to wit : · Senate bill, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 63, of the R.evised Code, respecting Interest." '. " And the House bill, entitled "An Act to amend Section 14, Chapter 99, of the Revised Statutes." He also reported a re-committed House bill, with a favor able recommendation, entitled " An Act to repeal Chapter 5 7, of Volume 14, of the Laws of Delaware, entitled 'An Act to provide for the Indigent In sane, of the State of Delaware, and the several amendments thereto.' '' Mr Barlow, on behalf of the Committee on Private· Cor~ porations, to whom was referred the Senate bill, entitled -559 "An Act to incorporate the Port Penn Grange Hall Co., P. ofH., No. 9, ofDelaware." He also reported, with amendments, the following House bills, to wit : "An Act to incorporate the Clayton Fruit Company, of Clayton Delaware," 'f An Act to incorporate the Mispillion Conclave, No. 33, l. 0. H." Mr. Comegys, on behalf of the Committee on Enrollment, reported as being duly and correctly enrolled, the following House bills and Joint Resolutions, and presented the same for the signature of the Speaker of the House, viz : "An Act to incorporate 'The International Lumber Com .' pany,'" "An Act to amend the Act, entitled 'An Act to incorporat~ the Sussex Midland Railroad Company,'" "An Act to widen and straighten the public road· le~ding into the town of Dover, from the town of Camden,'' "An Act to amend Section 2, of Chapter 127, of the Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware, entitled 'Gffenses against the lives and persons of individuals,' " "An Act to prevent live stock from running at large, in School District, No. 18, in Sussex. County," . "An Act to incorporate the' United Benevolent Daughters of Solomon, of Milford, Delaware,' " ' " An Act to further amend Chapter 480, Volume 13, of the Laws. of Pelaware," " An Act to incorporate the 'Newark Exchange Building Association,' " · " An Act to incorporate 'The Broadkiln . River Oyster Company,'" "An Act to amend Chapter 381, Volume 16, of the Laws of Delaware," 560 "An Act divorcing James Tatman and Catharine. c.; his wife, from,the bonds of matrimony," "An Act to alter and amend the Act, entitled 'An Act to raise revenue for State and County purposes, passed at Dover, March 30, 1~7.1,'" · " An Act transferring the farm now belonging to William C. Rust and situated in School District, No. 143, in Sussex County, from said District, No. 143, to School District, No. 90, in said County," "An Act prohibiting Jive stock from running at large, in School District, No. 156, in Sussex County," "An Act for the protection of private property," "An Act to amend an Act, entitled 'An Act to incorporate the town of Middletown,' " "An Act to dissolve the bonds of matrimony between William H. Vaughn and Mar.tha A. Vaughn, his wife," i, 'An Act to amend chapter 106, of the Revised Statutes, concerning pleading and practice in civil actions," "An Act to change the course of a public road in Kent county," "An additional supplement to an Act, entitled 'An Act for the better regulation of the streets of Delaware City, and for other purposes,'; passed at Dover, March 5th, 18 5 1," '"An Act to prevent live stock froin running at large in United School Districts, ;Nos. 8 and 153, in Sussex county," ·"An Act to provide for the education and training of Juvenile DeHnquents,'' '' An Act to provide for public parks, for the use of the citizens of Wilmington and its vicinity," " An Act to re-incorporate the town of Seaford," "Joint Resolution relative to the collection of State taxes from the Farmers Bank," " Joint Resolution in relation to New Business;" 561 He .also reported the following duly and correctly" enrolled Senate bills and,Joint Resolution, the same having been signed by the Speaker of the Senate, viz. : "J\in, Act abolishing the wearing of a convict'r. jacket as· a badge of crime," '' ~n Act to change the course of a public road' in Little ·creek Hundred, in Sussex county," "An Act to vest .the title of a certain lot of ground with the buildings thereon erected, in the City of New Castle, in trustee, for the use and pm poses therein mentioned," "An Act to incorpoiate the American Insurance Union Company," "'Joint Resolution for adjournment in commemoration of Washington's birthday," · The·Speaker presented a petition signed by 15 druggists of Wilmington, in relation to pharmacy, Which was read; and referred to the Committee on Revised Statutes. He also presented a petition of three hundred and twenty nine· eitizens of New Castle County, asking for the repeal of tl,e tax on manufacturers and' merchants, Which was read, ancl referred to the Committee on Ways and- 1 Means. Mr. Whiley, Clerk of the Senate, being admitted, informed the· Fl'Ouse that the Senate had 1concurred in the following House bills, with an amendment, and asked the concurrence· of the House. therein, viz: " An Act to provide for the vaccination of children in the free schools and for other purposes," "An, additional supplement to the Act entitled ' An Act for the suppression. of intemperance,' ,,. ' Also·that. the Senate had concurred in the following House bills,~ viz : 71 562 "A1.1 Act to prohibit live stock from running· at large. in School District, Nos. 173, 120, and 119, in Sussex County," " An Act to autltorize the Clerk of the Orphans' Coµrt, in and for Kent County, to transcribe the General Indd' to the records of the said Orphans' Court," · " An Act to incorporate the Torpedo Company of the State of Delaware," "An Act to divorce Walter G. Hurlock from· his wife, Jemima Hurlock," · "An Act for the relief of Sadie Fowler." "An Act to prevent live stock from running at large, in Scho,,l District, No. 3:2, in Sussex County," "An Act auchorizing the Prothonotary of New Castle County, to copy a certain Judgment Index."· He also informed the House that the Senate had passed; and asked the concurrence of the House, in the following bills : "An Act to incorporate the United States Gas 'and Water Company." " An Act to amend Chapter 11 7, of Volume 13, Laws of Delaware, entitled 'An Ac:t to raise Revenue, and provide for the current expenses of the State Government,' '' "An Act to amend 'An Act entitled 'An Act establish . ing a College for Agricultural and Mechanic Arts,. in this State,''' ,; An Act to amend Chapter II7, Volume 13, Laws. of Delaware," · "An Act to amend Chapte1 LXIII, of the Revised Statutes." Mr. Justis gave notice that on to-morrow, or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce the following bills, viz: ' " An Act in r~lation to dividing the several Hundreds of the State, into districts for election purposes," "An Act to amend Chapter 308, Vol. 16, of the Laws of Delaware," 563 , .'' An Act to require satisfaction of judgment liens when paid," · , ''An Act in relation to Chapter 328, 16th Volume Laws of Delaware," "An Act to amend Chapter 117, of Volume 13, of Laws of Delaware," "An Act to incorporate the' Delaware Beneficial Society,'" "An Act in relation to Marriage," "An Act iri relation to Infants," " An Act concerning pleading and practice in civil actions,'' "An Act to amend Chapter 24, of Volume 14, of Laws of Delaware," · _ "'An Act to incorporate the 'Wilmington Association for· Mutual Improvement,' " . · "An Act for the promotion of the Commercial interests of the city of Wilmington," " An Act to incorporate the 'Delaware Manufacturing Company,'" "An Act to amend Chapter 18, of the Revised Code," ' ' ' Mr. Comegys gave notice that, onto-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce the following bills, to wit: "An Act to amend Chapter 14, of the Revised Code," /' An Act to amend Chapter 16, of the Revised Code,'' "An Act to amend Chapter 5, of Volume 13, of the Laws of. Delaware,'' " An Act for the regulation of the general election, and for ascertaining the result thereof,'' · '.' An Act to expedite Judicial proceedings,'' " An Act to amend Chapter 10, of the Revised Code," 564 1 ' An Act to amend Chapter 36, of Voiume t4, ofLaws of Delaware," . ·· '" An Act to incorporate the 'American. Machine ;Com pany,' " '' An Act· supplementary to Chapter 29, of the ,Revised Code," "Mr. Risler gave ·notice that on to-morrow, or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled " An Act to incorporate Gum Branch and Stationhead Branch Ditch Company." 'Mr. Wheatley gave notice that on to-morrow, or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled " An Act to increase the salary of the Auditor of Ac- counts." · · Mr. ·Barlow gave notice that on to0 morrow, or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce the following 1bills, to wit: " An Act relating to arrests in civil cases," "An Act ;in relation to bail," " An Act in relation to juries," " An Act concerning liens,',' ·" An Act concerning rents," "An Act to amend Chapter 125 of the Revised Code," " An Act to further amend the Charter of the city of Wil mington," Mr. Crawford gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day; he would ask leave to introduce the following bills, to wit: "An Act to incorporate the ·Wawasset Association," " An Act in relation to executions,'' "An :A.ct concerning married women,'' 565 1 ' An Act concerning elections in this State," "A further supplement to Chapter 24, of the Revised Code," "An Act to amend Chapter 8, of the Revised Code,"· "An Act in relation to decedents' est:ites," ·11An Act for the promotion of agriculture," "An Act in relation to Insurance Companies," "An Act in relation to executors and administrators." Mr. Risler presented claims of W. R. Godwin, Marvin G. Hawkins, and C F. 'Thomas & Company, against the State of Delaware; Which, on his motion, were referred to the Committee on Claims and Accounts. The House procef;ded to the business on the calendar. The House ,bill, entitled "An Act to amend chapter 458, of volume 16, of the Laws · of Delaware," Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Justis, the bill was Indefinitely pos,tponed'. The House bill, entitled, "An Act in allowing an additional cpnstable in New Castle. county, Christiana," Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Justis, the bill under consideration . was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order :to pass the House. On the question, "shall this bill pass the House?" It was decided in the affirmative, :And the bill ?assed the House. 566 Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. The House bill, entitled " An Act to further amend Chapter 48, of the Revised - Code,'' Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Justis, the bill under considera tion was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. On the qu~stion, "_Shall this bill pass the House? The yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken, were as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Barlow,Comegys, Cooch, Crawford, Denney, Dukes, Frazer, Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Lowe, Perry, Risler, Watson, Wheatley, Williams-16. Nays-ti.one. So the bill having received the required constituti~nal majority, Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. The House bill, entitled "Ari Act to repeal Chapter 57, Volume 14, of the Laws of Delaware, entitled 'An Act to provide for the Indigent In sane of the -State of Delaware,' and the several amendments thereto," -Was taken up for consideration, Bv unanimous consent, the further consideration was post poned~ The Senate bill, e,ntitled "An Act to amend chapter 63, of the Revised Code, re specting interest," Was taken up for consideration ; And, on motion of Mr. Justis, the bill under consideration was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. On the question " shall this bill pass the House?" The questio~ was decided in the negative, And the bill was lost. Ordered that the· Senate be informed thereof, and the bill returned to that body. The House bill, entitled 1 "An Act to amend section 14, chapter 99, of the R:evised · Statutes," · Was taken up for consideration. . Oil motion of Mr. Ju~tis, the bill under consideration was read for the information of the House, · And, on motion of Mr. Messick, the bi11 under considera- tion was laid on. the table. · . · . · On/ered that the Senate be informed thereof, and. the bill· returned to that body. · · · The Senate bill, .entitled "An Act to incorporate the .Port Penn Grange Hall Com pany, P. of H;, No. 9, of Delaware," · Was taken up for consideration ; And, on. motion of Mr. Barlow, the bill under consideration was read a third. time by paragraphs in order to pass the House~ ' On the question, "Shall this bill pass the House?" The yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken, were as follows: Yeas-Messrs~ Barlow, Cm:negys,· Cooch, Crawford, Dukes, Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Messick, ·Perry, Rawlins, Risler, Sutto:Q., Temple, Watson, Willi.ams-16, Nays-none. , . . So the bill~ having received the required constitutional· majority, Passed the House. o68 Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof and the bill returned to that body. · The House bill, with an amendment, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Mispillion Conclave, No. 33, I'. 0. H." Was taken up for consideration. On motion of Mr. Barlow, the amendment was read, And, upon his further motion, the amendment was Adopted. And on motion of Mr. Lewis, the bill under consideration was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House; On the question, " Shall this bill pass the House?" The yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken, were as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Barlow, Comegys, Cooch, Crawford, Dukes, ,Jacobs,.Justis,.Lewis, Lowe, Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Risler, Sutton, Temple, Wheatley, Williams-17. Nays-none. · So the bill having received the required constitutional . majorit:y, · Passed the House. Ordfred to the Senate for concurrence. The House bill, with an amendment, "An A'.Ct to incorporate the Clayton Fruit Company; of Cla}'!ton,.Delaware,'' Was taken up for consideration. On motion of Mr. Barlow, the amendment was read, And, on motiop of Mr. Temple, the amendment was Ad.opted. 569 And, upon his ·further motion, the bill under considera tion was read a third time by paragraphs, in order to pass the House; · On the question, shall this bill pass the House? The yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken, were. as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Barlow, Comegys, Crawford Dukes, Frazer, Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Lowe, Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Risler Sutton, Temple, Wheatley, Williams-17. Nays-none. So the Bill having received 'the required constitutional, ·. majority, Passed tlu House. Ordered to the'. Senate for concurrence. The consideration of the House bill, entitled "An Act to repeal Chapter 57, of Volume 14, of the Laws of Delaware, entitled 'An Act to provide for the Indigent Insane of the State of Delaware,' and the several amendments thereto," Was resumed. Mr. Justis moved that the vote by which the amendments to the bill under consideration was adopted be reconsidered, Which motion Prevailed; And, upon his further motion, the further·consideration of the amendment was Indefinitely Postponed. Mr. Justis offered an amen.dment, as a substitute for the bill, which, on his motion, wasread, and on his further motion, · the amendment was Adopted; . And, upon his further motion, the substitute under consid- eration was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. On the question, ";Shall this bill pass the House?" 72 570 It was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. 0µ motion, the House adjourned. SAME DAv-3 o'clock P. M .. House met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Whiley, Clerk of the Senate,being admitted, informed the House that the Senate had concurred in the House Joint Resolution, compensating Ed ward Ridgley for his services as Chancellor, ad litem, With an amendment ; Also, in the House bill, entitled " A further additionill supplement to the act, entitled ' An Act in relation to oysters,' with an amendment," And .asked the concurrence of the House therein. He also informed the House that the Senate had agreed to the amendments recommended by the Committee of Conference, on the Senate bill, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of immigration, and to foster the agricultural interests of the State." The House bill, entitled "An.Act prohibiting live stock from running at large in School District, No. 55, Sussex county, 571 Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Rawlins, the bill under considera tion was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. · On the question, "Shall this bill pass the House?" It was decided in the affirmative, And the bill , Passed tlte House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. The House bill, entitled " An Act for the R.elief of Benjamin F. C. Rothwell and others," Was taken up for consideration, And on motion of Mr. Frazer, the bill under consideration was read a third time by paragraphs in order to pass the House, On the question, "Shall this bill pass the House t' It was decided in the affirmitive, And the bill Passed tlte House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. The House bill, entitled " An Act prohibiting live stock from running at large, in a part of School District, No. 42, in. Sussex County,'' Was taken up for consideration, And on motion of Mr. Frazer, the bill under consideration was read a third time by paragraphs in order to pass the House. On the question, "shall this bill piss the House?" It was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Passed tlte House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. The Senate amendment to the House Joint Resolution compensating Edward Ridgley for his services as Chancellor, ad /item, · Was taken up for consideration. On motion· of Mr. Frazer, the amendment was read as follows: Amend the Resolution by striking out the words " five hundred " in the seventh lineof the Resolution, proper, not including any part of the preamble, and inserting, in lieu thereof, the words "four hundred and fifty." SENATE, March 21, 1883. C. W. WHILEY, JR., Extract from Journal. Clerk ef the Senate. And, on motion of Mr. Watson, the amendment was Concurred in; Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof. The Senate amendment to the House bill, entitled "A further additional supplement to the Act, entitled 'An Act in relation to Oysters,' " Was taken up for consideration. On motion of Mr. Lowe, the amendment was read, as follows.: Amend the bill by striking out Sect1on 5, and adding the following : · · SECTION .5. That the Act, entitled "An Act in relation to Oysters, passed at D1wer, February 1, 1871," be, and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words "fifteen acres'' wherever they occur in said Act, and all Acts supplementary thereto, a11d inserting, in lieu thereof, the words '·fifty acres." , SECTION 6. That any person, who is a non-resident of the State of Delaware, desiring to plant oysters in the Delaware Bay, and prohibited under this Act from dredging for oysters on the natural oyster beds, may obtain a license under the Act, to which this is a supplement, for planting oysters aad taking 573 up the 'same by paying two dollars per ton (Custom House measurement) for the vessel, to be used in the business of work . ing the plantation, instead of three dollars per ton. SENATE, March 21, 1883, C. W. WHILEY,JR., Extract from Journal. Clerk of Senate. And, upon his further motion, the amendment was Concurred in. Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof. The report of the Conference Committee, in relation to the subject of immigrat}on, Was taken up for consideration ; Mr. Justis moved. that the House adhere· to its amend 'ments, Which motion Prevailed. Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof. Mr. Frazer gave notice that, .. on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introdtce a bill, entitled "An· Act to amend Chapter 418, Volume 14, Laws of Delaware." Mr. Risler gave notice that; on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled '' An Act in reference to live stock running at large in the several School Districts, in Sussex County." Mr. Messick ·presented a petition of David Russell and others, praying for the passage of an Act allowing them. to draw a school division for School District, No. u6, in Sussex County, Which, on his motion, was read, and referred to the Com- mittee on Education. · The Senate amendments to the House bill, entitled , " An Act to provide for the vaccination of children in the free schools and· for other purposes,'' 574 Was taken up for consideration; On motion of Mr. Lewis, the amendments were read as follows: Amend Section 4, by striking out the word " twenty-five " in line eleventh, and insert in lieu the word "fifty," And further amend said Section, by adding at the end thereof, the folowing: Every such physician shall give a cer tificate of vaccination to the child so applying. Senate, March 20, 1883, C. W. WHILEY, JR., Extract from Journal. Clerk of Senate. And upon his further motion, the amendments were .Concurred in. Ordered that the, Senate be informed thereof. The Senate amendments to the Ho.use bill, en.titled "An additional supplement to the Act, entitled 'An Act for the suppression of intemperance,'" Was taken up for consideration .. On motion of Mr. Justis, the amendment was read as follows: Amend Section 2, of the bill, by striking out the words, "The Act, entitled a supplement to the Act, entitled 'an Act for the suppression of Intemperence,' and, when they occur between the word "that'' in the first line, of said section, and before the word "all" in the fourth line there:!of, so that the said section shall, hereafter, read as follows:'" SECTION 2. " That all Act or parts of Acts, inconsistant with this Act, be and the same are hereby repealed." · SENATE, March 20, 1883, C. ¥(. WHILEY, JR., Extracts form Journal. Clerk of Senate. And upon his further motion, the amendment was Concurredt'n; 5'15 Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof. On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 117, Volume 13, Laws of Delaware," Was read. On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to amend an Act, entitled 'an Act establishing a college for agricultural and mechanic arts, in this State,' " Was read. On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 117, of Volume 13, Laws of Delaware, entitled ' an Act to raise Revenue for the current expenses, of the State Government,'" Was read. On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled. "An Act ·to incorporate the United States Gas and Water Company," Was read. On motion o( Mr. Justis, the Senate bill~ entitled "An Act to amend chapter 63, of the Revised Statutes,'·' Was read. Mr. Dukes, on behalf of the Committee on Elections, to whom was referred the House bill, entitled " An Act in relation to the election of Assessors and Inspectors,'' Reported the same back to the House, with the recommen dation that _it pass. On motion of Mr. Cooch, the bill just reported was taken · up for consideration, And, upon his further motion, was laid upon the table. 5.76 On motion of M~. Perry, the House bill, as amended,·. "An Act in relation to the planting of oysters in. Indian .River and Rehoboth Bay," Was taken up for consideration . . Mr. Me.;sick · offered an amendment to the amendment, which, on his motion, was read. I,Ie then moved the adoption of the amendment, Which motion was . Lost. And, on motion of Mr. Perry, the bill under .consideration was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. · On the question, " Shall this bin pass the House ?" It was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence . .Mr. Whiley, 'Clerk of the Senate, being admitted, informed the House, that the Senate had passed and asked the concurrence of the House in the following bill : "An Act to ·lay out a new public road in Duck Creek Hundred, Kent county, and State of Delaware." . Mr. Justis gave notice that, 011 to-morrow or som:e future day, he would ask leave to intrnduce a bill, entitled··· '·' A Supplement "to chapter 74, of the Revised Code, en titled, of the Domestic Relations." · On motion of Mr. Lewis, the House bill, entitled "An Act to authorize the vacation of a part of a certain public road near. the village of Farmington, in Mispillion Hundred, in Kent County, and to substitute a new road to be . laid out, in lieu of the part of said public road so vacated," Was take.n up for c;onsideration. Mr. Lewis offered an amendment, which, on his motion, 'was read, and on his further motion, 577 The amendment was Adopted. And, further, on his motion, the bill under consideration, as amended, was read a third time, by. paragraphs, in order to pass the House. ,On the question, " Shall this bill pass the House?" It was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. · The Speaker gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future. day, he would ask leave to introduce the following bills, to wit: · "An Act to amend Chapter j, of the Revised Code," "An Act to amend Chapter 509, Volume 16, of the Laws of Delaware," "An Act to amend Chapter 49, of the Revised Code," "An Act in r~lation to Judgments," " An Act for the further development of the manufacturing interests in this State," "An Act concerning the Court of Chancery," "An Act to amend -Chapter 7, of the Revised Code,'' "An Act in relation to the revenue of this State," "An Act in relation to the Fish Commissioner," "An Act to amend Chapter 73, of the Revised Code," "An Act to regulate the _conduct of Police of Elections," "An Act concerning a Convention,'' "An Act concerning the city of Wilmington," " An Act relating . to the navigation of the Christiana Creek," ~' An Act concerning Conveyances," "An Act concerhing Wills," 73 578 , , "An.Act to amend Chapter 134, of Volume 16, of Laws of Delaware,,'' "An Act concerning the Superior Court," "An Act concerning the Orphans' Court," " An Act relating to Justices of the Peace:" Mr. Sutton gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave ro introduce the following bills, to wit:, "An Act to amend Chapter 90, Volume 14, Laws of Delaware, entitled Corporations," , " An Act to amend an Act entitled ' A supplement to the Act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the town of St. George's, passed at Dover, March 6th, 1877,'" "An Act concerning the payment of road. taxes in Red Lion Hundred," "An Act to amend Chapter 120, Revised Code, entitled ' Of Landlord arid Tenant,' " "An Act to amend Chapter 185, Volume 15, Laws of Delaware, entitled ' Of Execution,' " "An Act to amend Chapter 99, Revised Code,'' "A supplement to an Act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the town of St. George's, passed at Dover, March 6th, 1877,' '! " An A\:t concerning private corporations." Mr. Risler gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled "An Act to ·repeal a stock law in School District, No. 63, in Sussex County." . Mr. Justis in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and, on motion of Mr. Frazer, obtained leave to introduce · a bill, entitled · " An Act in relation to the Revenue of this State, Which on motion of Mr. Justis, was read. 579 The Senate bill, entitled " An Act to amend an Act, entitled 'A supplement to an Act to incorporate the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Asso ciation, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, passed at Dover, January 27th, 1873, and which said supplement was passed at · Dover, March, 22nd, 1877,'" ' ·Was taken up for consideration. Mr. Lowe offered an amendment, which, by unanimous consent, was read_. Mr. Lewis moved that Rule 15 be suspended in order to admit amendments to the bill under consideration, Which motion was Lost. Mr. Lewis then moved that the further consideration of the pending bill be Indefinitely Postponed. Mr. Watson called for the yeas and nays, which, being taken, were as follows : Yeas-Messrs. Frazer, Jacobs, Lewis, Lowe, Perry, Rawlins, Temple, Watson, and Williams-9. Nays-Messrs. Barlow, Comegys, Cooch, Crawford, Mes-·. sick, Risler, and Mr. Speaker-7. So the question was decided in the affirmative, And the bill was Indefinitely Postponed. On motion of Mr. Justis, Rule 12 was suspended, in order that .all bills read the first time to-day might pass to a second reading. On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entifled ·" An Act to amend Chapter 117, Volume 13, Laws of Delaware,'' Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Revised Statutes. On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled 580 . " An Act to amend an Act, entitled ' An Act establishing a College for Agricultural and Mechanic Arts, in this State,' '' Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further motion was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to amend chapter r17, of volume r3, Laws of Delaware, entitled ' An Act to raise revenue and provide for the current expenses of the State government,' " Was read a second time, by its title, and; on his further motio.n, was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means . .On motion of Mr. Justis, the Senate bill, entitled "An,Act to incorporate 'The United States Gas and Water Company,' " • Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further motion, was referred to the .Committee on Private Corporations. On motion of Mr. Justis, _the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to amend chapter 63, of the Revised Statutes," Was read a second time, by its title, and on his further motion, was referred to the Committee 0n Revised Statutes. On motion of Mr. Justis, the House bill, entitled " An Act in relation to the revenue of this State," Was read a second time by its title, and,· on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. Cooch gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day,_he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled "An Act in relation to the Judiciary." Mr. Justis gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce the following bills, viz. : " A supplement to the act, entitled 'An Act for. the benefit of the Water Works in Wilmington,'" "An Act to further amend chapter 376, volume n, of the Laws of Delaware." 581 Mr. Comegys gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he.would ask leave to introduce a bill; entitled "An Act to repeal chapter 357, volume 16, Laws of Delaware.'' On motion the House adjourned. THURSDAY, March 22, 1883-10 o'clock, A. M. House met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by the Chaplain of the Senate, Rev. L. W. Gibson. Roll called. Journal read and. approved. Mr. Temple, on behalf of the Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to amend an Act, entitled 'An Act establishing a college for Agricultural and Mechanic Arts in this State,'" Reported the same back to the House without recom- . mendation. Mr. Dukes, on behalf of the Committee on Elections t() whom was referred the House bill, entitled " An Act in relation to the election of Road Commissioners in New Castle county," Reported the sarrie back. to the House, witn an amend ment. 582 ~- Crawford, on behalf of. the Committee on Judi ciary, to whom was referred the following Senate bills, . " An Act to change the name of Howard E. Montgomery to the name Qf Howard E. Camion, and to make him, by adop tion, a son and heir-at-law of George E. Cannon," "An Act to change the name of Harry C. Adams to the name of Harry A. Johnson, and to make him, by adoption, a son and heir-at-law of Phillip G. Johnson," "An Act to change the name of Willie C. Bredan to Jhe name of Willie C. Covill, and to make him, by adoption, a son · and heir-at-I.aw of Francis M. ·Covill," . Reported the same back to the House with the recommen dation that they pass. Mr. Justis, on behalf of the Committee on Revised Statutes, to whom was r~ferred the Senate bill, entitled · - " An Act to amend chapter 63 of the Revised Statutes," Reported the same back to the Hous_e with the recoinmen-. dation ·that it pass. Mr. Frazer, on behalf o"f the Committee on roads, and ,.vacant lands, to whom was referred, the House bill; entitled . "An Act relative to the colli:ction of road taxes, in New Castle County/' · · · Reported the same back to the House, ·with the Recom mendation that it pass. Mr. Lewis, on behalf of the Committee, on divorces,. ·to whom wits referred the Senate bill, entitled '' An Act to divorce : Jno. C. Creadick and Louisa Crea dkk, his wife, from the bonds of matrimony," Reported the same back to the House, with the recommen~ ' dation that it pass. Mr. Messick, on behalf of the Committee on Education, to whom was referred the petition of David Russell, and others, praying for the ·passage · of an Act, allowing them to draw a school dividend, reported a bill, entitled 583 "An Act for the relief of School District, No. n6, in Kent County." Mr. Whiley, Clerk of the Senate, being admitted, informed the House that the Senate had concurred in the House bill, en titled "an Act to amend Chapter 60, of the Revised Code, of the State of Delaware," with an amendment, arid asked the con-· currence ot the House therein; · Also that the Senate, had concurred in the following House bills, viz : "An Act to prohibit live stock from running at large, in School District, No. 140, Sussex County," '' An Act authorizing the Levy Court of Sussex County, to appropriate annually, money for the keeping in repair a cers tain road, in Cedar Creek Hundred," · "An Act' to change the course of a public road, in Milford Hundred, Kent County," "An Act to lay out a new public road in Mispillioh Hun- . dred, in Kent County," ' "An Act to amend Chapter 154, Volume 16, Laws. of Delaware." Also, that the Senate had passed, and asked the concurrence of the House, in the following bills, viz : "An Act to repeal Sections 2, 3, and 4, of Chapter 340, Volume 16, Laws of Delaware, entitled 'An Act to reduce the number of Justices of the Peace in the City of Wilmington, and for other purposes,' " . " An Act to amend an Act ei1titled ' An Act allowing the council of the town of Dover, to issue bonds for certain pur poses,' " " An Act to provide for the regulation of weights and measures.'' ·Mr. Justis on behalf of the Committee on Representation, to whom was recommitted the House bill, entitled ·.584 "An Act proposing amendments .to the Constitution for the purpose of increasing the number of Senators and Repre sentatives in the General Assembly, Reported the same back to the House with a recommen dation that it pass. Mr. Wheatley presented a petition of A. B. Prettyman and others, in relation to the tax 011 manufacturers and merchants, Which, on his motion, was read, and referred to the Com mittee on Ways and Means. Mr. Perry presented ~ petition of D. A. Humes and others,· in relation to the tax on Manufactnrers and Merchants, ·'. . Which, on .his motion, was read, and referred to the . Committee on Ways and Means, Mr. Cooch gave notice that, on to-morrow. or some future day, he .would ask leave to introduce the following bills, viz: "An Act to amend Section 12, of Chapter IIS, of the Revis.ed Code, of the Laws of Delaware," · . "An Act to direct the Levy Courts of the several counties, to publish detailed .statements· pf all expenditures of county funds and circulate the same in pamphlet form." · · Mr.,Cooch offered a resolution, which, on his motion, was, read, as follows : . Resolved, That a Special Committee be appointed to con . sider the advisability of increasing the salaries of the Judiciary, and other State officers . . And, upon his further motion, the resolution ~as Adopted. Mr. Messick gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce the following bills, viz : "An Act to authorize the Board of Education of the Dover :rublic Schools to issue bonds,'' "An Act to amend. Chapter 362, Volume 16, Laws of Delaware, entitled, 'An Act to encourage the education of the' · colored people,' '' · . 585 "An Act to amend Chapter 48, Volume 15; La~s of Delaware, entitled' 'An Act to· tax colored persons for the support of their own schools.' " . . Mr. Temple gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future . «ky, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled " A"n: Act to incorporate the town of Kenton.'' Mr. Risler.gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future .. ·· day, he' would ask leave· to -introduce a bill, entitled, ' " An Act to amend Chapter 30, sections 3 .and I 7, Revl.sed Code." · · • · Mr. Dukes gave notice that, on. to-morrow or some future· day, he would ask leave to introduct! the following bills, viz.: "An Act authorizing the Recorder of Deeds of Sussex · county, to copy a certain index,,, ' ·"An Act authorizing the Prothonotary of Sussex county, · fo make a certain index." Mr. Frazer gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled "' "An Act to amend Chapter 475, volume 16, Laws.of Dela- ware." . · Mr. Justis gave notice that, on to-morrow or som.e future day, he would ask leave _to introduce the following bi~ls, viz. : . " An Act relating to the Wilmington and Christiana Turn• , . pike Company," "An Act to amend Chapter 72 o.f the Revised Code," · " An Act for the relief of certain heirs of the late Lydia Ann Graves, deceased,'' " An Act for the protection of Fish," . " An Act relating to Assessors in Wilmington." Mr. Wheatley gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future· da:y, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled 74 586 ·''An' Act .to prevent live stock from running at large, in· School Districts; Nos. 152 and 8, in Sussex colinty." ' · ' ' Mr. Lewis gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future , day, he would ask leave to introduce the following bills, viz. : '' An Act to regulate the sale of Fertili,,ers in this .State," "An Act in relation to the. sale of Patent Medicines," Mr. Perry presented a petition of Thos. R. Shockley and others, asking for the · passage of an act relative to School . Districts, Nos. 35 and 144, in Sussex County, Wh,ich, on his motion, was read, and referred to the Com mittee on Education. Mr. iewis presented a petition of Theodore Thistlewood and others asking for the passage of an Act to lay out a new· · public road in Mispillion Hundred, leading from the town of Harrington to the town of Frederica, · Which, on his motion, was read, and, on his further. , motion was rererred to the Committee on Roads and Vacant Lands. Mr. Justis in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and, on motion of Mr. Lewis, obtained leave to introduce a bill, . entitled . "A supplement to Chapter 74, of the. Revised Code, · entitled ' Of the Domestic Relations,' " .. Which, on motion of Mr. Lewis, was read. Mr. ·Risler in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and, .on · · motion of Mr. Williams, obtained leave. to introduce a bill, entitled " An Act in reference to Ii ve stock running at large in the several School Districts, of Sussex County," ' Which, on motion of Mr.' Risler, was read. Mr. Whiley, Clerk of the Senate, being admitted, informed the House that the Senate had adopted the report of the Com _mittee of Conference on the bill to incorporate the Dover Glass Works, and transmitted the same to the House. 587 Mr: Lewis moved, that rule 26 be suspended, in order that the House bill, entitled "An Act proposing amendments to the constitution for the purpose of increasing the number of Senators and Representa tives· in .the General Assembly," Might be taken up for consideration, Which motion Prevailed. On motion of Mr. Comegys, the bill was read for· the information of the House. Mr. Justis being in the .chair. The Speaker moved, that the bill be recommitted, w;ith instructions to report a bill, making the increase of representa tion, provided for in this amendment, by Act of A,ssembly, to be finally passed at the present session, · Upon which motion the yeas and nays were called, which,: being taken, were as follows : · ' . Yeas-Messrs. ·Denney, Justis, and Mr. Speaker-3. Nays-Messrs. Barlow, Comegys, Cooch, Crawford, Dukes," · Frazer, Jacobs, Lewis, Lowe, Messick, Perry, Risler, Sutton, Temple, Watson, Wheatley and. Williams-17. ·· So the question was decided in the negative, And the motion was Lost. The speaker moved to recommit the bill, with instructions to report a bill, proposing a copstitutional amendment, provid ing for representation from districts created from contiguous. territory, apportioned according to population, with a reason able limitation, upon a preponderating influence, in the repre sentation of cities of over twerity thousand population; Upon which motion, the yeas and nays were called for, which b~ing taken, were as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Cooch, Denney,' and Mr; Speaker,-3.· Nays-Messrs. Barlow, Comegys,Crawford, Dukes, Frazer, Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Lowe, Messick, Perry, Risler, Sutton, Temple, Watson, Wheatley and Williams-,.17. So' the .question was decided in the negative, And the motion was Lost. Mr. Comegys, moved that the bill under consideration, be · read a third time by paragraphs, in order to pass the House, Upon which motion, the yeas and nays were called for, which being taken, were as follows : Yeas_..;.Messrs. Comegys, Cooch, Crnwford, Dukes, Jacobs, L-ewis, Lowe, Risler and Sutton,---"-9. Nays-Messrs. Barlow, Denney, Frazer, Messick, Perry, Temple, Watson, Wheatley, Williams and Mr. Speaker,-10. So the question was decided in the negative, And the motion· was Lost. The Speaker offered an amendment, which on his motion was read, as follows : Amend the bill as printed, by striking out "eleven" in lines 6 and 7, and inserting in. lieu thereof "twelve," and strike out "four'' in line 8, and insert in lie\l thereof the word "five." On the question, " Shall the amendment be adqpted ?" The yeas and nays were called for, which being taken, were as follows : . Yeas-Mes~rs. Crawford, Justis and Mr. Speaker,_:3. . Nays--,-Messrs. Barlow, Comegys, Cooch, Denney,· Dukes, · Frazer, Jacobs, Lewis; Lowe, Messick, Perry, Risler, Sutton, Temple, Watson, Wheatley and Williams,-17. . So the question w:;.s decided in the negative, And the amendment was Lost. The Speaker offered a further amendment, Whkh, on his motion; was read, as follows : . . " Amend the bill as presented, by striking out the word four,' in line 1, on page 2, and insert in lieu thereof 'five.' " 589 "Strike out 'two' in lieu of' three,' in line 3 of page 2/', On the question, " Shall the-amendment be adopted?" The yeas and nays were called for, which, being taken, were as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Justis and Mr. Speaker-2. Nays-Messrs. Barlow, Comegys, Cooch, Crawford, Denney, Dukes, Frazer, Jacobs, Lewis, Lowe, Messick, Perry, Risler, · Sutton, Temple, Watson, Wheatley, and Williams-18. So the question was decided in the negative, And the amendment was Lost. On motion of Mr. Comegys, The bill under consideration was read a third time, by , paragraphs, in ordei,- to pass the House; On the question, "Shall this bill pass the House?" The yeas and nays were ordered, which, -;eing taken, were as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Barlow, Comegys, Cooch,. Crawford Denney, - Dukes, Frazer, Jacobs, Justis, Lewis, Lowe, Messick, Perry, · Risler, Sutton, Temple, Watson, Wheatley, and Williamr-19, Nays-Mr. Speaker-I.· So the bill, having received the required constitutional majority, Passed the House, .Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. On motion, the House adjourned. 590 SAME DAY-3 o'clock, P. M. House met pursuantto adjournment. . . M~. Justis asked leave of absence until next Tuesday morn-, ing; there_ being no objection, the request ·was granted. The Senate bill, entitled " An Act to amend an Act, entitled ' An Act to establish a College for Agricultural and Mechanic Arts, for this State,' " Was taken up for consideration. On motion of Mr. Crawford, the bill was read. for the in formation of the House. Mr. Comegys moved that the bill under con_sideration be Indefinitely Postponed. Upon which motion, the yeas and nays were called for, ·which, being taken, were as follows : Yeas.:.....Messrs. Barlow, Comegys, Crawford, Jacobs, Lewis, Lowe, Rawlins, Sutton, Temple, Watson, Williams-I 1. Nays-Messrs. Cooch, Frazer, Messick, Perry, and Risler ~5. So the question was decided in the affirmative, And the bill was Indefinitely Postponed. Mr: Whiley, Clerk of the Senate, bein.g admitted, re- returned to the House the following duly and correctly enrolled House bills, the same having been signed by the Speaker of the two Houses, viz.: '' An Act to provide for public parks for the use of the citizens of Wilmington and its vicinity," . " An Act to provide for the education of juvenile delin quents," 591 "An Act to further amend Chapter 480, · volume 13, Laws of. the State of Delaware." The House bill, as amended, entitled "An Act in relation to the election of Road Commissioners in New Castle County," Was taken up for consideration, Which, on motion of Mr. Cooch, was laid on the table. The Senate bill, entitled "An Act to change:the name of Howard E. Montgomery, to the name of Howard E. Cannon, and to make him, by adop~ tion, a son and heir-at-law of George E. Cannon," · Was taken up for consideration,. And, on motion of-Mr. Cooch, the bill under consideration was laid on the table. The Senate bill, entitled "An Act to change the name of Willie C. Bredan, to the name of Willie C. Covill, and to make him, by adoption, a son and heir-at-law of Francis M. Covill," · Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mi:. Barlow, the bill under consideration was laid on the table. The Senate bill, entitled " An Act to change the name of Harry C. Adams, to ·the name of Harry A. Johnson, and : o make him, by adoption, a son and heir at-law of Phillip G. Johnson, , ' Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Barlow, the bill under consideration . was laid on the table. The Senate bill, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 63, of the Revised Statutes," 592 Was taken up for consideration ; And, on motion of Mr. Crawford, the bill. ui1der considera tion was read a .third time by paragraphs in order to pass the House. On the question, "Shall this bill pass the House?'' It was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Passed the House. , Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof and the bill returned to that body. The House bill, entitled " An Act in relation to election of Road Commissionsers in New Castle County,' 1 Was taken up for consideration; · On motion of Mr. Frazer, the bill was read for the infor- mation of the House, ' · And, on motion of Mr. Comegys, the bill under ccinsldera- · tion was laid uponthe table. The Senate bill, entitled "An Act to divorce Jno, <.: Creadick and Lousia Creadick his wife, from the bonds of matrimony," Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. I. ewis, the bill under consideration, was· read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. · On the question, "Shall this bill pass the House ?" Mr; Temple called for the yeas, and nays, which, being taken, were as follows: . Yeas-Messrs. Comegys, Frazer, Jaccbs, Lewis, Rawlins, · Sutton, Temple, Williams-8. Nays-Messrs. Barlow, Denner,. Lowe, Perry, Risler, and Watson,-6. So the question was,decided in the affirmative, · And the bill Passed tke Houu. Ordered tha.t the Senate be info~med. thereof and the bill . returned to that ?ody. : On motion of Mr. Rawlins, the House bill, entitled "An Act for the relief of School District, No. u6, in 'Kent· County," Was read. The report .of the conference in relation to the bill, entitl~d "An Act.to incorporate the 'Dover Glass Worlcs Comp11ny,'" 'Was taken up for consideration, And, on· motion· of Mr. Lewis, the report was read, as 'follows, · 1 The Conference. Committee. appointed by.. the two Hous~s. ·to consider the subject of disagreement in relation _to the bill to incorporate the Dover Glass Works, beg ·leave to report that they recommend.the House to re.cede from its position on the subject. L. D. ROE; W. LCAVENDER, D. L. MUSTARD, Committee on part of Ike Senate: ., ' . ' B. L.LEWIS, H. M. BARLOW, J. T. LOWE, Committee on}art of. tke'House. Mr. Watson moved, that. the House insist upon j~s amnndments, Which motion Preva11etl. · Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof. Mr. Barlow gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce the following bills, viz •. : 75 694 "An Act to incorporate the' Mills and Combs Company,' ,,'. "An Act to incorporate· the, 'Excelsior Concentrating Company,' ''. ·· ·, The Speaker gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future dii.y, ,he would ask, leave to introduce the following bills, viz. : , , . . "An. Act to amend Chapter I 23, of the Revised Code," , . "An Act to regulate primary elections in this State;·and to prevent fraudulent voting therein," I • ' • . " An Act .to revive and re.-enact the charter of the Delaware Loan Association," . " An Act in relation to the Trustees of the Poor of New · Castle county." · Mr. L ~e gave notice . that, on to-morrow or . some· future day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled ' . ''An.Act.' prohibiting live stock from running at larg«;! ip· Sch,ool Dfatrictr No. u6, in Sussex County." , Mr. Rawlins gave notice that; on to-m,orrow or some fut~r"e day,· he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled ·· uAn Act : to inc~rporate ' The Nanticok~ ·Building and Loan Association/ of Seaford." ' I. ' .· 'I'·:·•'•, Mr .. Perry: gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ·ask· leave to introduce a bill, entitled . . . . . · "An Act creating an additional constable in · Sussex County." · . ·Mr, Sut.ton g11,ye notice that, on to-morrow:or, some future day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled · , ·, "' An Act concerning the next general election/; ', 'On motion, the House adjourned. 595 FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1883-10 o,clock, A. M. The House met pursuant•to adjournment. Prayer by the Chaplain of the Senate, Rev. L. W. Gibson. Roll called. Journal read and approved. Mr. Frazer, on behalf of the Committee on Roads and Vacant Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Pattison and others, praying for the passage of an Act to pro- , h:ibit live stock from running at large in School District No. 78, in New Castle County, reported a bill, entitled " An Act prohibiting live stock from running at large 'in School District No. 78, in New Castle County." Mr. Frazer, on behalf the Committee on Roads and Vacant Lands, to whom was referred the petition of James Ponder and others, praying for the passage of a stock law in School. District. No: 13, in Sussex County, reported a bill, entitled '' An Act to prohibit live stock from ·running at large in School District No. 1 3, in Sussex County," . Mr. Comegys, on behalf of the Committee on Education, to whom was referred the following Senate bills, entitled " An Act to create a new School District from School Districts Nos. 62, 63, 64, and 86, in Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County,'' · · "An Act to consolidate Schqol Districts Nos. 12 4 and 16, in Lewis and Rehoboth ~undreds, Sussex County,". · . And the House bill, entitled 596 1' An Act to incorporate and enlarge School District No. 90, in the town of Bridgeville, Sussex County/and for othet purposes," Reported the same. back to the House with the recommen dation that they pass. Mr. Risler presented three remonstrances against the· passage of the '' Act to create a new School District from Dis tricts Nos. 63, 63, 64, and 86, in Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County," . Which were referred to the Committee on Education • . Mr. Comegys presented a petition of W. Green and others in relation to the tax on Manufacturers and Merchants, . Which, on his motion, was read, and referred to the Com, mittee on Ways and Means. Mr. Denney presented a petition of J. L. Walcott and others, praying for the passage of an Act making it obligatory , to the Levy Court, .to appropriate certain moneys for · road . purposes, Which, on his motion was read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Vacant Lands. Mr. Lewis gave ·notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Kent County Improvement Company." Mr,. Denney gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to .introduce the following bills; "An Act relative to the collection of Assessments by Private Corporations," " An Act to extend the time for recording the following named acts of incorporation, passed at Dover April 8, 1881, to wit.: " An Act to incorporate the Delaware Land Improvement Company;" and ,· "An Act to incorporate the Farmers' Loan and Improve ment Association." 59'7 Mr. Comegys gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future . day, he would ask. leave to introduce a bill, entitled . "A Supplement to chapter,12 oftheRevised Codeof~874,. entitled ' Of Collectors,'" "An Act to amend chapter 91 of the Revised Code," " An Act to change the time ()f holding the Court of Chancery, in Sussex County and New Castle County," •' An Act to amend the Act, entitled 'An Act to incor porate the Delaware Heat, Light and Water C?mpany,'" "An Act authorizing the Levy Court· of New Castle County to build a bridge over the Brandywine Creek, at Wash- ington Street, in the. city of Wilmington." . ' . Mr. Risler gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce tre following bills, viz. : "An Act to amend Chapter 30, of the Revised Code, entitled. of the Auditor of Accounts," "An Act to amend Chapter 29, of the Revised· Code, entitled of the State Treasurer and Trustee of the School .Fund." Mr. Sutton gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future· day, he would _ask leave to introduce the following bills : "An Act to amend Chapter 34, Revised Code," "An Act to amend Chapter 418, volume 14, Laws of Delaware," · "Ari Act to provide for making and publishing a map of the State of Delaware," " An Act to incorporate the ' State of Delaware Immigra- · tion and Land Company,' " · "An Act to amend Chapter 384, volume 16, Laws of Delaware." Mr. Perry, im pursuance of previous notice, asked, and, on motion of Mr. Wheatley, obtained. leave, to introduc;e a bill, entitled · ' 598 "An Act creating an additional constable for Sussex County, to resid.e within three miles of Harbison," · Which, on motion of Mr. Perry, ·was read. On motion of Mr. Denney, the Senate bill, entitled ."An Act to lay out a new road in Duck Creek Hundred, · KentCounty, and State of Delaware," Was read. Mr. Barlow gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he· would as~ leave to introduce the following bills : "An Act relating to Game," "An Act relating to Bridges on the Public Highways," · ',' An Act relating to Rail Roads,'' "An Act relating to Agriculture." The Speaker, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and on, motion of Mr. Frazer, obtained leave to introduce a bill, ~ntitled " An Act for the renewal of the charter of. the ' Delaware I.,o~n Association,' in the city of Wilmington," Which, on motion of Mr. Barlow, was read . . The Speaker, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and, pn motion of Mr. Frazer, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled · ''An Act to amend Chapter i23, of the Revised Code,'' Which, on motion of Mr. Barlow, was read. Mr. Frazer, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and, on motion of Mr. Perry, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 47, of the Revised C<~de, entitled 'of Physicans,' " · Which, on motion of Mr. Frazer, was read. 599 Mr. Frazer, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Denney, obtained leave to introduce. a bill, entitled "An Act regulating the practice of Medicine. and Surgery in this State,'' · Which, on motion of .Mr. Frazer, was read . . Mr. Frazer moved, that the vote by which the Senate bill, entitled · · "An Act to amend an Act, entitled 'A Supplement to ~; Act to incorporate the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Associa tion of the Methodist Episcopal Church, passed at .Dover, January 27, 1873,' and which said supplement was passed at Dover, March 22, 1877," ' Was indefinitely postponed, be reconsidered, Which motion Prevailed. He then moved that the further consideration of the bill be postponed until next Wednesday, at 3 o'clock P. M., · Which motion Prevailed. Mr. Lewis moved, that the vote by which the House adhered to its amendment to the Senate biII, in relation to Immigration, be re-considered, Which motion Prevailed. Ordered that the Senate be requested to return. the.bill to the House for further consideration. Mr. Barlow offered a resolution, which, on motion of Mr. Lewis, was read, as follows : · Resolved, That when this House adjourns it be to meet. at 12 o'clock M., on Monday next, And, upon the further motion of M·r. Lewis; the r~s~lutio» was ·Adopted,. The Speaker offered a Joint Resolution, entitled 600 "Joint Resolution to pay Hon. John M. Houston a balance due him for one hundred copies of his first volume of his Dela~ ware Reports of Criminal Cases," Which, on motion of Mr. Watson, was read, and upon his further motion, the resolution was Adopted. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. On motion of Mr. Risler, the House bill, entitled' "An Act in reference to live stock running at large in the several School Districts of Sussex County," Was read a second time, by its title, and, on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Roads and Vacant Lands." Mr. Risler gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day,. he would ask leave to introduce a bill, entitled . "An Act to repeal a stock law in School District, _No. 41, Sussex County.'' Mr. Lewis gave notice that, on to-morrow or some. future day, he would ask leave to introduce the following bills : · "An Act concerning original bills, resolutions, etc.," "An Act incorporating 'The Pneumatic Tube, Electric Transportation, and Aerial Railway Company.' " Mr. Whiley, Clerk of the Senate, being admittec:l, informed the House that the Senate had concurred in the House bill and Joint Resolution, entitled "An Act for the protection of Game," "A Joint Resolution in relation to printing, with amend ments, and asked the concurrence. of the House in the amendments;" • Also, that the Senate had concurred in the House bill, entitled · "An Act to divorce William Parvis and his wife, Mary Ann from the bonds of matrimony," 601 "An Act allowing an additional Constable in Christiana Hund~ed, in New Castle County."· Also, that the Senate had passed and asked the concurrence of the House in the following bills, ", An Act to incorporate the Delaware Fruit Exchange," "An Act to transfer the farm and mansion of Dr. Albert Whitely from School District, No. 31, to United School Districts, Nos. 32, 75, 76 and 78, in Kent County," "An Act to amend Chapter u7, volume 13, of the Laws of Delaware," " An Act for the culture and protection of Fish," " An• Act to amend Chapter 15 of the Revised Code, as amended, by Chapter 326, of volume 16, Laws of Delaware," .. · "An Act to amend Section 6, Chapter 54, volume 15,. Laws of Delaware,'' "An Act regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors,'' "A Joint Resolution for the benefit of the Breakwater and Frankford Railroad.'' House proceeded to the business on the calendar. The Senate bill, entitled, "An Act to consolidate School Districts, No. 124 and 16, in Lewis and Rehoboth Hundreds, Sussex County," Was taken u~ for consideration; And, on motion of Mr, Perry, the bill under considera tion, was laid on the table. The Speaker named Messrs. Comegys, Frazer. and Dukes, as a committee to take into consideration. the advisability of increasing the salaries of the Judiciary and other State officers . The Senate bill, entitled, • "An Act to create a new School District,from Districts, No. 62, 63, 64 and 86 in Georgetown Hundred, Sussex County, 76 602 "\ Was taken up for consideration, And on motion of Mr. Lewis, The bill under consideration was read a third time by,paragraphs, in order to 'pass the House; On the question, " Shall this bill pass the House_?" Mr. Perry called· for the yeas and nays; which being taken were as follows: · Yeas-Messrs. Barlow,Comegys, Crawford, Denney, Jacobs, Lewis, Lowe and W atson-8. Nays-Messrs. Frazer, Perry, Rawlins and Risler-4. So the question was decided in the affirmative, . A~d the bill Passed the House. Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof and the bill ~etumed to that body. Mr. Whiley, Clerk of the Senate, being admitted, returned the following duly and correctly enrolled House bills, and Joint Resolution, signed by the Speakers of the two Houses, viz~: "An Act to alter and arr.end the Act, entitled 'an Act to raise Revenue for State and County purposes/ passed llt Dover, March 30, 1871," "An Act prohibiting live stock from running at large, in . School District, No. 156, in Sussex County," "An Act to amend the Act, entitled 'an Act ta incorpor . ate the Sussex Midland Railroad Company,'•" "An Act to amend Chapter 381, Volume 16, of the Laws of Delaware," "An A_ct to prevent live stock from running at large, in School District, No. 18, in Sussex Co•,nty,'' "An Act to amend Section 2nd, of Chapter 127, of the Revised Statutes~ of the State of Delaware, entitled ' Offenses against the livc:s and persons of individuals,' " ". An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the town of Middletown,' " 603 ' . "An Act to dissolve the bonds of matrimoriy between William H. Vaughan and Martha A. Vaughan, his wife,'' "An Act to widen and straighten the public toad leading .into the town of Dover, from the town of Camden," "An Act to incorporate the International Lumber Com pany," '' An Act to ame.nd 'Chapter 106, of the Revised Sl11,tutes, concerning pleading and practice in civil actions," · ' " An Act to prevent live stock from running at farge in . United Districts, Nos. 8, and 153, in Sussex County," "An Act to incorporate the United Benevolent Daughters of Solomon, of Milford," "An Act to change the. course of a public road· in· Ke~t County," "An additional supplement to an. Act entitled 'An Act for the better regulation of the streets of Delaware City, and for .other purposes, passed at Dover, March 5th, 1851'," "An Act for the protection of Private Property," ,t An Act to incorporate the Broadkiln River Oyster Company," ''.An Act divorcing James Tatman and Catharine C. his wife, from the bonds of matrimony," " An Act transferring .the farm now belonging to William· C. Rust, and situated in School District, No. 143, in Sussex · County, from said District, No. 143, to School District, No. 90, in said District,''. . " An Act to incorporate the Newark Exchange Building Association," ' '' An Act to re-incorporate_ the town of Seaford," " Joint Resolution in relation to New Business/' " Joint Resolution relative to the collection of water taxes f'°om the Farmers Bank.'·. 604 He also presented for the signature of· the Speaker of· the House, the following duly and correctly enrolled Senate bills and Joint Resolution, the same having been signed by the Speaker of the Senate : " An Act to authorize Andrew J. Horsey to construct and build a tumbling dam at his mills in Little Creek Hundred, Sussex County,-" "An Act to incorpora~e the Seid: & Hastings C~mpaily,'' . "A Joint Resolution appointing aJoint Com111ittee on the presentation of _the picture of Lord Delaware." He also returned the Senate bill, entitled " An Act to en courage Immigration, and to foster the Agricultural Interests of the State," as requested by the House. The Housl! bill, entitled "An Act to incorporate and enlarge School District N~. 90, in the town of Bridgeville, Sussex County, and for other purposes,'' Was taken up for consideration, Which, on motion of Mr. Jacobs, was laid on the table. The ~enate Joint Resolution, entitled "Joint Resolution for the benefit of the Breakwater _and Frankford Railroad Company," Was taken up for consideration, Which, on motion < f Mr. Lewis,- was read, and, upon his further motion, was Concurred in. Ordered that the Senate be informed , thereof, and the resolution returned to that body. The Senate amendment to the House Joint Resolution, in relation to printing, Was taken up for consideration, Which, on motion of Mr. Risler, was read, as follows·: 605 Amend by striking out the word " having,t' on the fifth line, ani by inserting in lieu thereof, the word "authorizing." SENATE, MARCH 22, 1883, C. W. WHILEY, JR., Extract from Journal. Clerk ef Senate. And, upon his further motion, the amendment was Concurred t"n. Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof. Mr. Lewis moved, that the vote. by which the House ·.adhered to its amendments to the Senate bill in relation to Immigration, be reconsidered. Which motion Prevailed, And the question being taken, on the motion that the House adhered; was Lost. Mr. Watson moved that the House insist upon its amend ments in relation to Immigration and asked for another Committee of Conference, Which motion Prevat"led; Whereupon, the Speaker appointed Messrs. Lewis, Perry, and Barlow, on part of the House, as such.Committee. Ordered that the Senate be informed thereof. On motion of Mr. ftazer, tlie House bill, entitled "An Act prohibiting live stock from running at large, in School District, No. 78, in New Castle County," Was read. On motion of Mr.· Frazer, the House bill, entitled "An Act to prohibit live stock from rnnning at large, in School District, No. 13, in Sussex County," Was read. On motion of Mr. Lewis, the Senate bili, entitled '' An Act to amend Chapter 15, of the Revised Code, as amended by Chapter 326, of Volume 16, Laws of Delaware," 606 ·-Wasxead. ·On motion of Mr. Lewis, the Senate bill, entitled " An Act for the culture and protection of Fish," Was read. On motion of Mr. Barlow, th_e Senate bill, entitled "An Act to transfer the farm and mansion of Dr. Albert Whitely from School District, No. 31, to United School Dis tricts, Nos. 32, 75, 76, and 78, in Kent County," Was read. On motion of Mr. Barlow, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to incorporate ' The Delaware Fruit Exchange,' " Was read. On motion of Mr. Barlow, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 117, Volume 1'3, of the Laws of Delaware,'' Was read. On motion of Mr. Barlow, the Senate bill, entitled " An Act. regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors," Was read. Mr. Frazer gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day he would offer a Joint Resolution ill relation to improving the sanitary condition of the State House. On motion, the House adjourned. 607 MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1883, 12 o'clock, M. House met pursuant to adjournment. , Roll called. Member, present, Messrs. 'Barlow, Comegys, I- razer, Lewis, Risler and Mr. Speaker-6. Absent, Messrs. Cooch, Crawford, Denney, Dukes, Jacobs, Justis, Lowe, Messick, Perry, Rawlins, Sutton, Temple, Wat , son, Wheatley and Williams-15. Quorum not being present, · the Hous:: adjourned, until 3 o'dock, P. M. SAME_ DAY-'-3 o'clock, P. M:. House met pursuant to adjournment. Roll called. Journal read and approved. Mr. Frazer, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Lowe, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 418, Volume 14, Laws of Del aware," Which on motion of Mr. Frazer, was read. 608 Mr. Risler, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Williams, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled "An Act to repeal stock law, in. School District, No'. 63, in Sussdc County," Which on motion of Mr. Risler, was read. Mr. Risler, in J)Ursuance of previous .. notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Williams, obtained leave to int1oduce a bill, en titled "An Act to amend Chapter 29, of the Revis°ed Code, en titled ' of the State Treasurer and Trustee of the School Fund,' " Which on motion of M~. Risler, was read. Mr. Rfsler, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and on motion of Mr. Williams, obtained leave to introduce a bill, en titled "An Act to amend Chapter 30, of the Revised· Code, en titled ' of the Auditor of accounts,' " Which on motion of Mr Risler, was read. On motion of Mr. Temple, the House bill, with amend ments, entitled "An Act to authorize the creation and establishment of a new School District, in Kent County," Was taken up for consideration. Mr. Temple offered an amendment, which, on his motion, was read, And, on motion of Mr. Denney, the amendment Was Adopted. And, on motion of, Mr. Temple, the bill under considera ·tion, as amended, was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the House. · On the question, "Shall this bill pass the House?'~ 60f! It was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Pasud the House~ .Ord,red.to,the Senate for concurrence. On motion of Mr. Frazer, the House bill, entitled "An Act prohibiting live stock from running at large, in School District, No. 78, in New Castle County," Was read a second time by its title . .On motion of Mr. Frazer, tlw House bill, entitled "An Act to proh~bit live stock from running at large, in School District, No. 13, Sussex County," .. Was read a.second time, by Its title. On motion of Mr. Denney, the Senate bill, entitled, "An Act to lay out a new public road in Duck Creek Hundred, Kent County, and State of Delaware," Was read a second time, by its title, and on his further motion, was referred to the Committee , n Roads and Vacant Lands. On motion of Mr. Lewis, the Senate:bill, entitled "An Act to amend Section 6; Chapter 54, Volume. 15, : Laws.of Delaware," · Was read. On motion of Mr. Lewis, the Sel?ate bill, entitled " An Act to amend an Act entitled ' An Act 'allowing the Council of the town of Dover, to issue borids for certain· pur~ , poses,'" Was read . . .On motion of Mr. Lewis, the Senate bill, entitled' " An Act to. repeal Section 2, 3, and. 4, of Chapter 340, Volume 16; .of the Laws of Delaware, entitled 'An Act to reduce the number of Justices of the Peace in the City of Wil mington, and for.other purposes," 77 610 Was read. On motion of Mr. Lewis, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to provide for the regulation of Weights and Measures, Was read. · Mr. Comegys presented a petition of W. C. Spruance and other members of the Bar of New Castle Councy, in relation to the J ucliciary, Which, on· his motion, was read, and referred to the · Comniittee on the Judiciary. Mr .. Comegys presented a petition of W. Jones & Com pany and others, in relation to the tax on manufacturers and merchants, Which, on his motion was read and referred to the Com mittee on ways and means. Mr. Risler presented a petition of Eli W. Workman and others, asking for the repeal of stock law in School District, No. 63, in Smsex County, · Which, on his motion, was read. ML Whiley, Clerk of the Senate, being admitted, informed the House that the Senate had concurred in the following House bills, with amendments, and asked the concurrence of the House in the amendments, .and returned the same to the House: "An Act to amend Section 21, Chapter 9, Revised Statutes of. the State of Delaware,". ' '~ .\ n Act to amend Section 7, Chapter 10, of the Revised Stittutes of· the State of Delaware," "An Act to amend Section 2, of Chapter 354, of Volume 16,- of the Laws of Delaware, entitled 'An Act in relation to the collection of taxes for school purposes.' " . . Also; that the Senate had concurred in the following House bill, and Joint Resolution, and returned the_ sa-ne to the House: 611 . "An .Act to divorce Mary E. Johnson and her husband, James Johnson, from the bonds of matrimony." ' • I • A further supplement to "An Act to incorponte the New Castle County Mutual Insurance Company, passed at Dover, February 6, 1849, and renewed by an Act passed January 25th, I 869," . " An Act to incorporate the Clayton Fruit and Basket Company, of Clayton, Delaware," "An Act to amend an Act, entitled 'A supplement to the act, entitled ' An Act to incorporate the town of Milford,' passed March 29, 1871,'" · " An Act to incorporate the Mispillion Conclave, No. 33, I. 0. H.'" . . " An Act to divorce Edwin H. Peckard from his wife,. Sarah E. Peckard,'' "An Act divorcing Elij ,h M. Clymer from his wife; Louisa Clymer,'' · "A Joint Resolution to pay Hon. John W. Houston a balance due him for five hundred copies of his first ,volume of his Delaware Reports of Criminal cas~s ; ",. He also informed the House -that the Senate had passed, and asked the concurrence of the House in, the following bills, viz.: "A supplement to the Act, entitled 'An Act .to re-incor porate the town of Dover, passed, February 27th, 1879,' " . "An Act to authorize the Mayor and Council of Wilming~ ton to borrow one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, and to · provide for the payment thereof." · On 1notion of Mr. Jacobs, the House bill, entitied "An Act to incorporate and enlarge School District, No 90, in the town of Bridgeville, Sussex County, and for other purposes," · Was taken up for consideratiort, 612 •. And, on motion of M;r. Messick, the bill under consicieratioh was read a third time, by ·paragraphs, in order to pass the, House. On the question, "Shall,this bill pass the House? " The yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken,. were as follows : Yeas--Messrs. Barlow,Comegys, Crawford, Denney, Dukes, Frazer, Lewis, Lowe, Messick, Risler, Temple, Watson, W.heatley, Williams---14. Nays-none. So the bill having received the required constitutional majority, Passed tke House.· Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. Mr. Lewis, in ·pursuance of previous notice, asked; and 'on motion of Mr. Frazer, obtained leave to introduce .a bill, entitled · «An Act to incorporate the 'Pneumatic Tube Electri'c Transportation and Aerial Railway Company,' " Which\ on motion: of Mr.. Lewis, was read. ¥r: Barlow, in pursuance ,of 'previous notice, .asked, and on motion ,of Mr. Messick,, obtained leave to introduce a bill, entitled "An Act ·to amend 'Chapter 3q2, of Volume 16, Laws of Delaware, and for other purposes,'' Which, on motion ,of Mr. Barlow, was read. , On motion of Mr. Barlow, the Senate bill, entitled "An Act to authorize the Mayor and Council of Wilming ton to borrow one hundred and eighty thousand dolla.rs, and to provide for the payment thereof," Was.,read. On motion of Mr. Watson, the Senate amendment to the House bill, entitled. , 613 "'An Act for the protection of Game," Was taken up for con.sideration, and, on his further motion, was read ,1s follows ; · Amend the bill by striking out Section 3 and inserting the following, as Section 3 : SECTION 3. That· if any express or transportation com pany shall knowingly or willfully receive or take into its posses sion for the purpose of transportin'g for sale any partridge, quail, rabbit or woodcock, that has been shot or trapped, at any time, in violation of this Act, it shall be fined not less than twenty dollars for each partridge, quail, rabbit or woodcock, so found in its possession upon . convicti, ,n thereof, before any Justice of the I>eace in tins State.. SENATE, March 22, 1883. C. W. WHILEY, JR., Extract from Journal. Clerk ef the Senate. . ·Upon his further motion the amendment was Concurred in. And, further on his niotion, the second amendment was read as follows : Amend by adding anotherSection, to wit: SECTION 7. That nothing m this Act· shall be construed in any way, so as to prohibit .or prevent any one gunning, for his own sport and amusement, in either of the counties in this · State from taking, carrying or sending by railroad, water or otherwise, into either of the other counties, such partridge, quail, woodcock or rabbit, as he shall have shot or obtained in the manner of this Section mentioned. SENATE, March 22, 1883. C. W. WHILEY, JR., Ext1act from Journal. · Clerk of the Senat.e. ,A.nd, upon motion of Mr. Lowe, the amendments were Concurred in. Ordered lhat the Senate be informed thereof. On motion of Mr. Denney, the. Se_nate bill, entitled, 614 "A Supplement to the Act, entitled ' An Act to re-incor- . porate the town of Dover, passed, February 27th, 1879,' " Was read. On motion of Mr. Barlow, the ·senate amendment to the House bill, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 6 ·., of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware,'' . Was taken up for consideration, And, on motion of Mr. Barlow, the amendment was read as follows: "Amend section 1, by striking out the word 'five' in the · fourteenth line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word ' three.' >' SENATE, March 21st, 1883. C. W. WHILEY, Extract from Journal. Clerk