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"An act to authorize the laying out of a new public road in South Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, State of Delaware;"

"An act to amend Chapter 298, Volume 15, Laws of the State of Delaware, and supplement thereto;"

"An act to enable James C. Beeby to stock Cuff Branch and Pond with fish;"

"An act to amend an act entitled, 'An act to renew the act to incorporate the Artisans' Savings Bank, and the acts supplementary thereto, and to amend the same;'

"An act for the protection of the public health and to prevent adulteration of dairy products and fraud in the sale thereof;"

"An act to incorporate the Old School Baptist Cemetery, of Cow Marsh, in North Murderkill Hundred, Kent County, Delaware;"

"An act to amend an act entitled, 'An act to incorporate the Delaware Fruit Exchange;'

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"An act to incorporate the Fenwick Island Beach Company;" "An act to divorce William P. Wolfe and Hannah M. Wolfe from the bonds of matrimony;"

"An act to divorce Mary C. Wood and John T. Wood from the bonds of matrimony;"

"An act to renew an act entitled, 'An act to incorporate Wissahickon Tribe, No. 20, Improved Order of Red Men,' passed at Dover, Del., January 28, 1885;"

"An act to make valid the acknowledgments of certain deeds and to complete the title of Roseby J. Boulden in certain lands in Kent County;"

"An act to incorporate the Delaware Club of Wilmington, Delaware;"

"A supplement to the act entitled, 'An act to authorize the School Committee of School District No. 96, in Kent County, to sell its property, purchase other property, and to borrow money;'

"An act to incorporate the Lebanon Navigation Company."

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

"A supplement to Chapter 507, Volume 17, Laws of Delaware, entitled 'Of Fish, Oysters and Game.

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

"An act to amend Chapter 600, Volume 17, Laws of Delaware, entitled 'A supplement to an act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the City of Wilmington.

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

"An act relating to the government of the City of Wilmington."

Mr. Martin, from the Committee on Revised Statutes, reported back, with adverse recommendation, the Senate bill entitled, "An act to amend Chapter 600, Volume 17, Laws of Delaware."

Mr. Martin, from the Committee on Revised Statutes, reported back, with adverse recommendation, the Senate bill entitled, "An act amendatory of the charter of the City of Wilmington."

Mr. Martin, from the Committee on Revised Statutes, reported back, with adverse recommendation, the Senate bill entitled, "An act to amend Chapter 68 of the Revised Code."

Mr. Lewis, from the Committee on Corporations, reported back, with an amendment, the House bill entitled,

"An act to amend an act entitled, 'An act to incorporate the Brandywine Granite Company.'"

On motion of Mr. Lewis, the amendment was read, as follows:

Amend the bill as follows: Add at the end of Section 1 the following words, viz: "Provided that no tramway or railroad to be

constructed under the authority of the act amended by this act shall at any time be used or employed as a toll road, or for any other purpose than for the conveyance of materials and stores to and from the quarries of the Brandywine Granite Company."

On his further motion, the amendment was

Adopted.

Further, on his motion, the bill, as amended, 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, Crossan, 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, the bill returned to that body, and its concurrence in the amendment requested.

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

"An act to incorporate the Wilmington Warehouse Company." On motion of Mr. Lewis, the amendments were read, as follows :

Strike out the word "ten," in line twenty-one of Section 3, and insert in lieu thereof the words "twenty-five."

Also, by adding at the end of Section 5 the following words: "Provided the consent of the company operating such railroad shall be first obtained permitting such connection to be made, and such connection shall be maintained only subject to the terms of the agreement between the corporation hereby created and the corporation owning or operating such railroad.

Amend further, by striking out Section 7 and numbering the following sections appropriately.

On his further motion, the amendments were

Adopted.

Further, on his motion, the bill, as amended, 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, Crossan, 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, the bill returned to that body, and concurrence in the amendments requested.

Mr. Lewis, from the Committee on Corporations, reported back, with favorable recommendation, the House bill entitled, "An act to incorporate the Citizens' Coke and Gas Fuel Company.

Mr. Crossan presented a memorial from the Friends' Temperance Conference, expressing their approval of the Legislature in passing the temperance educational bill,

Which, on his motion, was read.

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

"An act to regulate the fees of Justices of the Peace, Constables, and Sheriffs, in certain cases,"

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Was read.

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 Revised Statutes.

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

"An act in relation to the service of criminal process in certain cases,'

Was read.

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 Revised Statutes.

On motion of Mr. Martin, the House joint resolution entitled, "Joint resolution in relation to adjournment sine die,"

Was read.

Pending the motion to concur,

Mr. McWhorter moved to amend by making the day of adjournment Friday, the twenty-second instant.

On the question, the yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken, were as follows:

Yeas-Messrs. Cooper and McWhorter-2.

Nays-Messrs. Bacon, Crossan, Dorman, Ferguson, Lewis, and Mr. Speaker-6.

So the amendment was

Lost.

Mr. McWhorter moved that the resolution be amended by making Tuesday, the 19th of April, instant, as the day of adjournment.

On which motion, the yeas and nays were ordered, which, being taken, were as follows:

Yeas-Messrs. Cooper, Lewis, Martin, and McWhorter-4.

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