HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 8th, 1887.

Amend the bill by striking out Section 9 of said bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"SECTION 9. The Mayor and Council of the City of Wilmington shall have the right to acquire the ownership of the private drains or sewers, specified herein, upon payment to the parties interested in such drains or sewers the first cost of laying the same. The size and character of all drains laid by the Tenth and Franklin Street Sewer Company shall be subject to the approval of the Council of the City of Wilmington, and nothing herein contained shall be construed as interfering with the Mayor and Council of Wilmington in their control of any part of the streets through which the Tenth and Franklin Street Drain Company shall lay drains or sewers under this act.”

Extract from Journal.

For concurrence.

On motion of Mr. McWhorter,

The amendment was

E. T. COOPER,

Clerk of the House.

Ordered that the House be informed thereof.

Concurred in.

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

"An act to incorporate the Pennsylvania Avenue Sewer Company,"

Was read,

And, on his further motion, Rule 14 was suspended,

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

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

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

"An act to incorporate the West Street Sewer Company of Wilmington,

Was read,

And, on his further motion, Rule 14 was suspended,

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

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

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

"An act to incorporate Hockessin Grange No. 4, Patrons of Husbandry, Hockessin, Delaware."

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

"An act to amend an act entitled, 'An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Milford Armory,' Chapter 582, Volume 17 of the Laws of Delaware."

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

"An act to amend Section 3 of Chapter 514 of Volume 13 of the Laws of Delaware, entitled, 'An act to incorporate the New Castle Water Works Company."

Mr. McWhorter presented the petition of Hannah Hettrick, praying for a divorce from her husband, Thomas M. Hettrick, Which, on his motion, was read,

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

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 Anna M. Lloyd from her husband, John N. Lloyd,"

"An act to lay out a public road in Nanticoke Hundred, Sussex County,"

And returned the same to the Senate.

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

"An act to amend Section 3 of Chapter 514 of Volume 13 of the Laws of Delaware, entitled, 'An act to incorporate the New Castle Water Works 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. Bacon, Cooper, Dorman, Ferguson, Lewis, Martin, McWhorter, and Mr. Speaker-8.

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 offered a joint resolution entitled,

"Joint resolution in relation to the celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the United States of America,"

Which, on his motion, was read,

And further, on his motion, was

Ordered to the House for concurrence.

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

Adopted.

"An act to incorporate School District No. 91, in 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 Corporations.

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

"An act regulating the Practice of Medicine and Surgery in this State,"

Was read a second time by its title,

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

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

"An act to incorporate the Sussex Transportation Company," Was read a second time by its title,

And further, on his motion, referred to the Committee on Cor'porations.

Mr. Bacon, from the Committee on Roads and Bridges, reported back, with an amendment, the House bill entitled,

"An act to authorize the laying out of a new public road in Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex County."

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

And, on his further motion, the amendment was read, as follows:

Amend the bill by inserting, in Section 1, twentieth line, after the word "Woodall," the following: "on the line of road already ⚫ laid down through said land."

And further, on his motion, the amendment was

Adopted.

And, on his further motion, the bill, as amended, 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, the bill returned to that body, and concurrence in the amendment requested.

Mr. Cooper, Clerk of the House, being admitted, informed the Senate that the House had passed and asked the concurrence of the Senate in the following House bills, viz:

"An act to reserve a section of the Delaware Bay, within the limits of this State, for Fishing and Domestic Oyster purposes;" "An act to incorporate the Town of Kenton;"

"An act to authorize the Prothonotary of Sussex County to make a certain index;"

“An act to lay out a new public road in Baltimore Hundred,” And presented the same to the Senate.

On motion, the Senate adjourned.

THURSDAY, March 10th, 1887-11 o'clock, A. M.

Senate met pursuant to adjournment.

Prayer by the Chaplain.

Roll called-Members present-Messrs. Bacon, Cooper, Crossan, Dorman, Ferguson, Lewis, Martin, McWhorter, and Mr.

Speaker.

Journal read and approved.

he would ask leave to introduce a bill entitled,

Mr. Lewis gave notice that, on to-morrow or some future day,