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correctly enrolled House bill, the same having been signed by the Speaker of the House, viz:

"An act supplementary to the act entitled, 'An act to incorporate the Town of Camden,' passed at Dover, March 4th, 1867."

Mr. Ferguson, 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 supplementary to the act entitled, 'An act to incorporate the Town of Camden,' passed at Dover, March 4th, 1869."

Mr. Cooper, Clerk of the House, being admitted, informed the Senate that the House had concurred in the Senate bill entitled,

"An act to amend Chapter 600, Volume 17, Laws of Delaware.'

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Also, in the Senate 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."

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

"An act to reserve a section of the Delaware Bay, within the limits of this State, for Fishing and Domestic Oyster purposes,' Was read.

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

"An act to incorporate the Delaware Terra Cotta Company," Was read.

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

"An act to lay out a new public road in West Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware,"

Was read.

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

"An act to amend Chapter 212, Volume 17, Laws of Delaware,'

Was read.

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

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 Revised Statutes.

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

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

Was read.

On his further motion, Rule 14 was suspended as to this bill, 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 Revised Statutes.

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

"An act to amend Chapter 44, Volume 15, Laws of Delaware," Was read.

On his further motion, Rule 14 was suspended as to this bill, 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 Revised Statutes.

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

"An act to incorporate the Pennsylvania Avenue Sewer 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. Cooper, Dorman, Ferguson, Lewis, Martin, and Mr. Speaker-6.

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.

On motion, the Senate took a recess until 3 o'clock, P. M.

SAME DAY-3 o'clock, P. M.

Senate reässembled at the expiration of the recess.

Mr. Ferguson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as duly and correctly enrolled, and ready for the signature of the Speaker of the Senate, the following Senate bills, viz:

"An act to divorce Mary S. Lascelles from her husband, William P. Lascelles;"

"An act to amend Chapter 29 of Volume 17 of the Laws of Delaware, in relation to the election of Assessors and Inspectors;"

"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;"

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"An act to incorporate the I. O. H. Publishing Company;" "An act relating to the government of the City of Wilmington."

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

"An act to divorce Alexander Pleasanton from his wife, Rosetta Pleasanton,"

Was read.

Mr. Cooper, Clerk of the House, being admitted, returned to the Senate sundry duly and correctly enrolled Senate bills, the same having been signed by the Speakers of the two houses, viz:

"A supplement to the act entitled, 'An act to allow the Commissioners of the Town of Smyrna to issue bonds,' passed at Dover, March 16th, 1885;"

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

"An act to incorporate the Odd Fellows' Cemetery, of Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware."

He also reported as duly and correctly enrolled, and signed by the Speaker of the House, the House bill entitled,

"A further additional supplement to an act entitled, 'An act in relation to Oysters south of Mispillion Creek,'

And presented the same for the signature of the Speaker of the Senate.

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

"An act to amend an act entitled, 'An act to reincorporate Camden Union Camp Ground for the Methodist Episcopal Churches of Delaware and Philadelphia,' passed at Dover, Feb. 19, 1879,"

Was read a second time by its title,

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

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

"An act to provide for the refunding of a part of the bonded debt of this State at a lower rate of interest.'

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Mr. Ferguson, from the special Committee on Increased Representation and Constitutional Reform, reported back, without recommendation, the bill entitled,

"An act proposing amendments to the Constitution for the purpose of increasing the number of Senators and Representatives in the General Assembly."

Mr. Ferguson, from the special Committee on Increased Representation and Constitutional Reform, reported back, without recommendation, the Senate bill entitled,

"An act to provide an unexceptionable mode of ascertaining the sense of the people upon the question of calling a Constitu

tional Convention.

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

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

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

And, on his further motion, the further consideration thereof Indefinitely postponed.

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Mr. Cooper, from the Committee on Education, reported back, with favorable recommendation, the House bill entitled,

"An act to amend Chapter 44, Volume 15, Laws of Delaware, in relation to United School Districts Nos. 39 and 41, New Castle County.'

On his motion, Rule 14 was suspended as to this bill,

And further, on his motion, the bill was taken up for consideration,

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