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So the question was decided in the affirmative, and the bill, having received the required constitutional majority,

Passed the Senate.

Ordered that the House be informed thereof and the bill returned to that body.

On motion of Mr. McWhorter, the Senate bill entitled,

"An act to divorce George A. Spry and Anna M. Spry from the bonds of matrimony,"

Was taken up for consideration,

And, on his further motion, was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the Senate.

On the question, "Shall this bill pass the Senate?"

It was decided in the affirmative, and the bill, having received the required majority,

Ordered to the House for concurrence.

Passed the Senate.

On motion of Mr. McWhorter, leave of absence was granted Mr. Martin.

On motion of Mr. McWhorter, the Senate bill entitled,

"An act to divorce Fannie E. Ruth and William Ruth from the bonds of matrimony,"

Was taken up for consideration,

And, on his further motion, the bill was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the Senate.

On the question, "Shall this bill pass the Senate?"

It was decided in the affirmative, and the bill, having received the required majority,

Ordered to the House for concurrence.

Passed the Senate.

Mr. Martin, from the Committee on Revised Statutes, reported back, with favorable recommendation, the Senate bill entitled,

"An act to authorize the Levy Court of Kent County to reappoint, for an additional term, any Constable in Mispillion Hundred, Kent County,"

On motion of Mr. Lewis, the bill was taken up for consideration,

And, on his further motion, was read a third time, by paragraphs, in order to pass the Senate.

On the question, "Shall this bill pass the Senate ?"

It was decided in the affirmative, and the bill, having received the required majority,

Ordered to the House for concurrence.

Passed the Senate.

Mr. Martin moved that the Senate do now adjourn.

Mr. Ferguson moved to amend the motion by inserting, "that when the Senate adjourns it be to meet at 9 o'clock, A. M., on the 17th inst.

Mr. Martin accepted the amendment,

And the motion, as amended,

On motion, the Senate adjourned.

Prevailed.

THURSDAY, February 17th, 1887-9 o'clock, A. M.

Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

Prayer by the Chaplain.

Roll called-Members present-Messrs. Bacon, Crossan, Ferguson, Lewis, McWhorter, and Mr. Speaker.

Journal read and approved.

Mr. Bacon gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill entitled,

"An act to divorce Elijah J. Beach and Laura E. Beach from the bonds of matrimony."

Mr. Crossan, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported, as duly and correctly enrolled, and signed by the Speaker of the House, and ready for the signature of the Speaker of the Senate, the House bill entitled,

"An act entitled a further supplement to the act to incorporate the Masonic Hall Company, of Wilmington, Delaware."

Mr. Crossan, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and, on motion of Mr. Ferguson, obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled,

"An act to amend Chapter 99, Revised Code."

Which, on motion of Mr. Crossan, was read.

On motion of Mr. Crossan, the House joint resolution entitled, "Joint resolution in relation to the Minutes of Council,"

Was read,

And, on his further motion, was

Concurred in.

Ordered that the House be informed thereof, and the joint resolution returned to that body.

On motion of Mr. Crossan, the Senate bill entitled,

"An act to enable School District No. 78, in New Castle County, to raise funds for the purchase of a lot of ground and the erection of a school house thereon,

Was read a second time by its title,

And, on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Education.

Mr. Lewis, from the Committee on Corporations, reported back, with favorable recommendation, the House bill entitled,

"An act for the renewal of the charter of the Mutual Loan Association."

Mr. Lewis, from the Committee on Corporations, reported back, with favorable recommendation, the House bill entitled,

"An act for the renewal of the charter of the Wilmington Loan Association.'

Mr. Lewis, from the Committee on Corporations, reported back, with favorable recommendation, the House bill entitled,

"An act for the renewal of the charter of the Diamond State Loan Association."

Mr. Cooper, Clerk of the House, being admitted, informed the Senate that the House had passed and asked the concurrence of the Senate in a House joint resolution entitled,

"Joint resolution adjourning both Houses of the General Assembly until Wednesday, February 23d, 1887."

On motion of Mr. McWhorter, the Senate bill entitled,

"An act to incorporate the Delaware Light, Fuel, and Power Company,"

Was read first time.

And further, on his motion, Rule 14 was suspended as to this bill,

And, on his further motion, the bill was read a second time by its title,

And further, on his motion, was referred to the Committee on Corporations.

On motion of Mr. Ferguson, the House joint resolution entitled,

"Joint resolution adjourning both Houses of the General Assembly until Wednesday, February 23d, 1887,"

Was read,

And further, on his motion, was

Concurred in.

Ordered that the House be informed thereof, and the joint resolution returned to that body.

On motion of Mr. Crossan, the House bill entitled,

"An act to amend Chapter 62, Volume 15, Part 1, Laws of Delaware,"

Was read a second time by its title,

And, on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Revised Statutes.

Mr. McWhorter gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day, he would ask leave to introduce a bill entitled,

"An act to amend Chapter 205 of Volume 17, Laws of Del

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Mr. McWhorter, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and, on motion of Mr. Ferguson, obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled,

"An act to divorce Matilda Thomson and William Thomson from the bonds of matrimony,"

Which, on motion of Mr. McWhorter, was read.

Mr. McWhorter presented the petitions of James H. Atkinson and of Caroline S. Wood, on behalf of the "Yearly Meeting of Friends," of Philadelphia, praying for strict legislation on the subject of Temperance,

Which, on his motion, were read,

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