"An act to lay out a new public road in Kenton Hundred, Kent County and State of Delaware;" "An act to incorporate the Republican Printing and Publishing Company, of Wilmington, Delaware." On motion, the Senate took a recess till 3 o'clock, P. M. SAME DAY-3 o'clock, P. M. Senate reässembled at the expiration of the recess. Mr. Cooper, Clerk of the House, being admitted, informed the Senate that the House had adopted and asked the concurrence of the Senate in the following joint resolution, viz : "Joint resolution adjourning both Houses of the General Assembly until Monday, March the 7th, at 11:30 o'clock, A. M." On motion of Mr. Ferguson, the House joint resolution just reported 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. Mr. Cooper, Clerk of the House, being admitted, returned to the Senate the following duly and correctly enrolled Senate bill, the same having been signed by the Speakers of the two houses, viz : "An act to incorporate the Republican Printing and Publishing Company, of Wilmington, Delaware.' On motion of Mr. McWhorter, the Senate bill entitled, "An act to divorce George W. Quinn and Annie E. Quinn 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. Mr. Crossan, in pursuance of previous notice, asked, and, on motion of Mr. Bacon, obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled, "An act to expedite the trial of criminal cases," Which, on motion of Mr. Crossan, was read. 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, sundry House bills, entitled as follows, viz:" "An act to amend Chapter 62, Volume 15, Part 1, Laws of Delaware;" "An act to incorporate the Lea Pusey Company;" "An act to confirm and establish the marriage between William A. Dodd and Ella S. Dodd." On motion of Mr. McWhorter, the House bill entitled, "An act to divorce Mary E. Dill and Eben Dill, her husband, 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, Passed the Senate. Ordered that the House be informed thereof and the bill returned to that body. On motion of Mr. McWhorter, the House bill entitled, "A further supplement to the act entitled, 'An act to incorporate the Edgemoor Iron Company,' 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?" The yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken, were as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Crossan, Dorman, Ferguson, Lewis, Martin, McWhorter, and Mr. Speaker-7. Nays-None. 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. Mr. Cooper, Clerk of the House, being admitted, informed the Senate that the House had concurred in the Senate bills entitled, "An act to divorce Isaac A. Righter and Annie O. Righter from the bonds of matrimony;' "An act to make valid the acknowledgment of a certain deed;" "An act to incorporate the Orange Street Sewer Company, of Wilmington, Delaware.' Also that the House had concurred in the Senate bill entitled, "An act to divorce Fannie E. Ruth and William A. Ruth from the bonds of matrimony," With an amendment, and requested the concurrence of the Senate in the amendment. On motion of Mr. McWhorter, the House amendment to the Senate bill entitled, "An act to divorce Fannie E. Ruth and William A. Ruth from the bonds of matrimony," Was read, as follows: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 2d, 1887. Amend the bill by striking out Section 3 and making Section 4 Section 3. Extract from journal. For concurrence. E. T. COOPER, Clerk of the House. Mr. McWhorter moved that the amendment be concurred in, MONDAY, March 7th, 1887-11:30 o'clock, A. M. Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by the Chaplain. Roll called-Members present-Messrs. Bacon, Cooper, Dorman, Ferguson, Martin, McWhorter and Mr. Speaker. On motion of Mr. Martin, the reading of the journal of Wednesday, the 2d of March, was dispensed with. Mr. Martin presented the petition of Frederic S. Buford and 76 others, praying the General Assembly to change the location of a bridge in Bethel, Broad Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Which, on his motion, was referred, without reading, to the Committee on Roads and Highways. Mr. Martin, from the Committee on Revised Statutes, reported favorably, with an amendment, the House bill entitled, "A further additional supplement to the act entitled, 'An act in relation to Oysters south of Mispillion Creek.'"' On motion of Mr. Cooper, the Senate bill entitled, "An act abolishing the special taxes on Lawyers and Physicians," Was read a second time by its title, And, on his further motion, was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. On motion of Mr. Dorman, the House bill entitled, "An act to enable and authorize Samuel Hudson and James B. Deputy to straighten a road running through their lands in Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex County," Was taken up for consideration, |