TUESDAY, April 19th, 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. Mr. Crossan, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported as duly and correctly enrolled and ready for the signature of the Speaker of the Senate, sundry Senate bills and a joint resolution, entitled as follows, viz: “An act authorizing the sale of the interests of Olive Hillyard and John H. Hillyard, minors, in certain lands in Little Creek Hundred, Kent County;" "An act to lay out a new public road in Mispillion Hundred, Kent County, Delaware;" "An act to divorce Thomas W. Ralph and Maria E. Ralph, his wife;" "An act authorizing John L. Bilderback to change the course of a certain road in Kenton Hundred, in Kent County;" "An act to incorporate the Bentley and Walsh Chemical Manufacturing Company, limited;" "An act to divorce Mary Elizabeth Graves and Taylor Graves from the bonds of matrimony;" "An act for the relief of the Commissioners of School District No. 51, Sussex County;" "An act to lay out a new public road in South Murderkill Hundred, in Kent County;" "An act to divorce Caleb Woolford from his wife, Annie Woolford, a vinculo matrimonii;" "An act to divide School District No. 81, in New Castle County;" "An act to reïncorporate the Meredith Branch Ditch Company;' "An act authorizing the Levy Court of Sussex County to fund the debt of said county;" "An act to divorce Sallie L. Blocksom from Joseph T. V. Blocksom;" "An act in relation to School District No. 35, in Kent County;" "An act accepting the grant of money by the General Government for the establishment of Agricultural Experiment Stations;' "Joint resolution in relation to the coercive measures of England in Ireland." 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 and joint resolutions, entitled as follows, viz: "An act for the prevention of cruelty to children, and for other purposes;" "An act to enable and authorize Levin W. Collins, Edward W. Houston, Joseph B. Hearn, and Isaac Jester to straighten and make a public road through their lands in Dagsboro' and Gumboro' Hundreds, in Sussex County;" "An act in relation to the Town of Felton;" "An act for the benefit of married women and minor children;" "An act to extend the limits of School District No. 88, New Castle County;" "An act to provide for the study of scientific temperance in the public schools of Delaware;" "An act to amend Chapter 185, Volume 15, Laws of Delaware;" "A supplement to an act entitled, 'An act regulating Pilots and Pilotage of and in the Bay and River Delaware," passed at Dover, April 8, 1881;" "An act confirming the sale of certain real estate in the City of Wilmington;" "An act to reenact the act entitled, 'An act to incorporate the Smyrna Building and Loan Association of the Town of Smyrna;' "An act to amend Chapter 208, Volume 17, Laws of Delaware;" "An act to authorize the Levy Court of Kent County to appoint a Constable in Milford Hundred;" "An act to amend Chapter 150, Volume 16 of the Laws of Delaware;" "Joint resolution in relation to a new Library Building;" "Joint resolution in relation to the death of Hon. William Dean." On motion of Mr. McWhorter, the House bill entitled, "An act to authorize School District No. 53, in New Castle County, to borrow money, and for other purposes,' Was taken up for consideration, And, on his further motion, the bill was Laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Dorman, the House bill entitled, "An act authorizing the School Commissioners of District No. 132, Sussex County, to expend certain moneys now in hand, and to change the location of the school house,' 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, 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, "An act in relation to witness fees in the Municipal Court of the City of Wilmington," 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 Cities and Towns. Mr. Cooper, from the Committee on Cities and Towns, reported back, with favorable recommendation, the Senate bill entitled, "An act in relation to the Municipal Court of the City of Wilmington," Which, on his motion, 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, Crossan, Dorman, Ferguson, Lewis, Martin, McWhorter, and Mr. Speaker-9. Nays-None. So the question was decided in the affirmative, and the bill, having received the required constitutional majority, Ordered to the House for concurrence. Passed the Senate. Mr. Cooper, Clerk of the House, being admitted, informed the Senate that the House had respectfully asked the Senate to return to the House the House bill entitled, "An act concerning the revenues of this State.” Mr. Cooper, Clerk of the House, being admitted, informed the Senate that the House had concurred in the Senate amendment to the House bill entitled, "An act to lay out a public road in Gumborough Hundred." He also informed the Senate that the House had concurred in the following Senate bills, viz: "An act for the relief of the Commissioners of the Town of Laurel, Sussex County;" "An act to incorporate the Grand Army of the Repulbic Hall Company of the City of Wilmington;" "An act to divorce James B. Conner from his wife, Lilly E. Conner;" "An act authorizing the Prothonotary of New Castle County to make a certain judgment index;" "An act to incorporate the White Marsh Ditch Company;" "A further supplement to the act entitled, 'An act to incorporate the Young Men's Association for Mutual Improvement, of the City of Wilmington,'''' And returned the same to the Senate. Also, that the House had concurred in the Senate bill entitled, "An act to reïncorporate the Bright's and Hayne's Glades Ditch Company," With an amendment, and requested the concurrence of the Senate in the amendment. Mr. Cooper, Clerk of the House, being admitted, presented for the signature of the Speaker of the Senate sundry duly and correctly enrolled House bills, the same having been signed by the Speaker of the House, viz: "An act to reïncorporate Cooper's Cemetery of North Murderkill Hundred, in Kent County;" "An act to divorce Deborah Jane Schlechter from Charles J. Schlechter, and to change her name;" |