FRIDAY, March 8, 1867---9 o'clock, .A.. M:: The House met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by the Cha.plain. On motion of Mr. Bradford, The House bill entitled, ''An act to incorporate the Wilmington Brick :Ma.liufacturing ·Company," .Was read a. secondj,ime by its title, ~nd further, On his motion, Was referred. to the Committee on Corporations. On .motion of Mr/Wa.pies The Senate bilfentitled, ''An act to revive and continue in force and amend an act entitled, ''An act to incorporate the Town of Milton,'" · · Was read a second time by its title. On motion of :Mr. Bancroft, · The House bill entitled, "An act to amend Chapter 101 of the Revised Statutes of .the · State of Delaware," Was read a second time by its title.. · On motion of Mr. Davis, . The House bill entitled~ . ".An act to authorize the laying out a public road in Cedar Creek hundred, Sussex county," W a.a read a second time by its title. On motion of :Mr. Cooper, · The Senate bill entitled, ''.An act with. reference to the repair of the public road in Kent county, over Kersey's mill-dam, a.nd for other purposes," 4M Was taken up for consideration. Wl'iereupon, Mr Cooper offered an aniendme1it to the Senate bill under Con­ sideration,. ·. Which, On his motion, .. was read, as follows : Amend the bill by striking out all after the word "session,?' in Section 1 of the bill. And further, On motion of Mr. Cooper, The. amendment to the Senate bill .. Was Acloptecl. Anet, 'thereupon, On the further motion of Mr. Cooper, The Senate bill was read a third time, a.nd by paragraphs, as amended, . And Passed the House. ' . - . ; . Ordered that the Senate beinformed thereof, and its concurrence in the House amendments requ~sted. · On motion of Mr. Johnson of Kent, The House bill entitled, ... An act to prevent .the improper distribution of .the Schoo.I F.und of this State," · · Was read a second time by its.title. · Mr. Bradford moved That when the House adjourns this day it adjourns to meet at 2 o'clock, P .. M., on Monday next: · . Pending which question, Mr. Bacon moverl . That when the House adjoums this dayita.djo~rns to m~etti.t 8.30 P. M., on Monday next, · . .. Which motion ·Was Lost. 465 The question then recurring on the motion to adjourn until 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon next,• It was decided in the affirmative, And the motion Prevailed. On motion of Mr. Reed, The House bill entitled, "An act to amend Chapter 39 of the Revised Code," Was re.ad a third time, and by paragraphs, in order to pass the House, And, On the question, ,C Shall this bill pass the House ?" Mr. Corbit called for the yeas and nays, Which, being taken, were as follows : Yeas-Messrs. Booth, Cooper,· Davis, Frame, Pratt, Reed and Mr. Speaker-7. Nays-Messrs. Bacon, Corbit, Johnson of Kent, Jones and Wa- ples-5. · So the question was decided in the affirmative, And the bill Passed the House. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. Mr. Wolcott, Clerk of the Senate, being admitted, informed the · House that the Senate had. concurred in the following House bills and joint resolution, to wit: "An act to incorporate the Newark Woolen Manufacturing Com­ pany;" "An act authorizing John Williams to vacate a private road in Mis pillion hundred, Kent county;" "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend the act entitled 'A supplement to Chapter 19 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware, 'Of elections in Wilmington hundred;'" "An act to incorporate the Delaware Leather Manufacturing and Belting Company ; " · "An act to supply an -omission herein mentioned;" "An act to divorce Catharine M. Crock, late Catharine M. Kemp, and her husband, Michael Crock, from the bonds of matrimony;'' H30 466 ."An. act to incorporate the::Farmers' Market 'Company/ of New Castle county;" and "Joint resolntion of adjournment sine die," An'lreforned-the same to the House . , . .. He also informed the House that the Senate had concurred. in the following House bill, with an amendment, to wit : . "An act in relation to the Brandywine Water' Po~ei'Company,'' And requested the concnrrence ·of the.'iiouse therein. · .. He also inf~rmed the Honse 'that th~ ·senate had non-concurred in the House bill entitled as follows; to wit : · "An act appointing commissioners to lay out.a public road partiy·. in Red Lion hundred and partly in New Castle hundred, in New Castle county," " : _,., And· returned the same to the House. · He also informed the House that the Senate had passed •and . requested the concurrence of the Honse in the following Senate bills/ ·to wit: · ''A snpp~eme~t 'to th~ act entitled,· 'An' act to incorporat{ the :Seaford Odd·Fellows'_Hall Company, at Seaford,' passed at Dover, · Febrnary 7, 1862 ;" •and · ''An• actto divide Murderkill hundred, in Kent county; into two . ·hundreds, to be called, respectively, North MurderkiU hundre«l ~nd .South Murderkill hundred," · · · · · · ·. 1 • 'And; presented'.. , the :same, to· the. Hou$e,• On motion .of Mr. Bacon, . The House -bill entitled, "An art authorizing ,the laying out a public road in Little Creek: :hundred, in ~ussex county," Was read a third time,· and by paragraphs; . ·And· Passed the House. \ Ordered to the ·s~nate' for concurrence .. · On ~otion _of Mr. clohnson of Kent, The Senate bill entitled, ••An act in relation· to Murderkill. Creek," Was r~ad a third time; and. by paragraphs,· ..And_ Passed the Ho'l£8e. .467' Ordered that the Senat~ be informed thereof, and the ,bilfrettirned to that body. · · On motion :of M1'. Frame; .• · . · Thi House ·bill entitleti, <. ,: . : ''An aot to divorce Nathaniel. Ingram from his w.ife, ·Ann Eliza · I .ngram, n .. · . :. Was read a:':third tiin~, and by paragraphs, And · .· Pass_ed the ·1Iouse.: Ordered to th_e Senate for concurrence. · On riiotio'n of Mr. Bacon; . ; The ·House bill entitled, i•An act to add to Chapter 65 of the Revised Cl<ide/' ,c::was taken up for consideration.' . ~ On motion of.Mr; Bacon, · . The Senate amendment to the House bill under con.siderlition' . Was read, as follows: '.. ·,'IN SENAT:iii;•·t·' , c' . .February 20, 1867. f .. <.A:mend,the ,bill:ibY:insertfog the words <Iii)~ shall ha.vepaid"·be-'. tween the words "pay" and ''.to," in the fifth line of Section V :'::.> (Extract from Journal.)· ' J. L. WoLCIOTT, . : (For concurrence.) ·· O~erlc of. Sena~e'.· ,And further, . , .. :,q~,?3otion of)\Ir., B_acon, ·T~e,Senate amendment Was · Ordered th11t the ~en ate'· be informed thereof.· .· Mr:· Davis, from the CJorrimittee on.R.oads and.Highways, to ~h~m . were referred the petition of certain citizens ·of. Sussex county, pray- , ing the passage of an. act for a new p,nl>lic road n~ar..Gnmbor-0, · · Broad Oreek hundred, and· the remonstrance against the same,· _'. Su~mitted a r~port,. .. Which, On motion of Mr. Johnson of Kent~ 468 Was ·read, as follows : In behalf of .the committee to whom was. referred the petition of John W. Hickman and · others, praying an act to lay out· a new public road in Broad Creek hundred, and also the remonstrance of Isaac Wootten and otl).ers, against the passage of said act, we re­ port adversely to the prayer of the petitioners. (Signed) R. H. DAVIS, } Committee. M. A. JOHNSON, And further, Onmotion of Mr. Johnson of Kent,. The report of the committee Was ·Aaoptecl. On motjon of Mr. Frame, 'rhe Senate bill en(itled, "An act to divorce Mary A. L. Outten and John O.· Outten from the bonds of matrimony," ·· · Was read. On motion of Mr. Johnson of Kent, The House bill entitled, "An act to authorize Jacob R. Jones to straighten and change a certain public road on his own land in Broad Creek hundred, in Sus­ sex county," Was read a second time ·by its title. · On motion of Mr.. Reed, The House bill entitled, "An act in relation toi the judgment and continuance dockets of the Superior Court of Kent county, and the general indexes .to the same," · Was read a third time, and by paragraphs, And Passed the House. - . Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. · On motion of Mr. Corbit, The House bill entitled, ''An act relating to county assessments in New Castle county," Was read a second time by its title, 469 . And. further, On his motion, · Wasread a third time, and by paragraphs, by special order, And Passed the H9use. Ordered to the Senate for concurrence. On motion of Mr. Johnson of Kent, The House biU entitled, ·.. "An act to authorize the opening and making a new public road in Mispillion hundred, Kent county," · Was read a second time by its title. On motion of Mr. Johnson of Kent, The House bill entitled, "An act authorizing the laying out ajmblic road in Bro~d Creek hundred in Sussex county," Was read a second time by its title. On motion of Mr. Johnson of Kent, The Senate bilI entitled, "An act to divorce Ann Long and Phillip Long, from the bonds of matrimony," · · · · Was re1:td a second time by its title. On motion of Mr. Bacon, 'l'he House bill.e~titled; "An act to authorize the erection of a mill on Blackwater Branch, in Sussex county," was read a second time by its titl~ .. On motion of Mr. Reed, The House bill entitled, "An act to authorize the laying out a public .road ·in Dover hundred, Kent county," Was .read a second time by its title. Mr. Reed gave notice that he would, on to-morrow, or some ·future day, ask leave to introduce a bill entitled, "An act supplemental to the act entitled, 'An act to incorporate · the.