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Ordered that the House be informed thereof and the bill returned to that body.

Mr. Ferguson, from the Committee on Revised Statutes, reported back, with amendments, the House bill entitled,

"An act for the more efficient protection of the community against crime, and providing for the service of requisitions."

On motion of Mr. Ferguson, the amendments were read, as follows:

Amend the bill by striking out all of the title thereof after the word "crime."

Also amend the bill by striking out all after the enacting clause and by inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"SECTION 1. That the sum of two hundred dollars be and the same is hereby annually appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, as a contingent fund for the use of the Attorney-General; the said sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be by him used for the purpose of employing persons to assist him in obtaining evidence for the State in capital cases and cases of burglary, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to draw on the State Treasurer for the same.

"SECTION 2. That the Attorney-General shall bïennually present his receipts and vouchers to a committee of the Legisla ture, appointed for that purpose, for settlement."

On the further motion of Mr. Ferguson,

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 ?"

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 amendments requested.

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 and joint resolutions, the same having been signed by the Speaker of the House, viz:

"An act to incorporate Wilmington Coöperative Trading Association;"

"An act authorizing the laying out of a new road and the vacating of part of an old road in North West Fork Hundred, Sussex County;"

"An act to transfer the farm and house of George J. Derrickson from School District No. 28 to 181, Baltimore Hundred, Sussex County;"

"An act to amend an act entitled, 'An act to reincorporate the Town of Dover;'

"An act authorizing the School Commissioners of District No. 132, Sussex County, to expend certain money now in hand and to change the location of the school house;"

"An act concerning assignments of mortgages;"

"Joint resolution to appropriate $400 per year to the Fish Commissioner to hatch and distribute food fish in the several inland streams of this State;"

"Joint resolution authorizing the custodian of the State House to make repairs to State property;'

"Joint resolution providing means to enable the State Board of Agriculture to more effectually carry out the object of its organization."

On motion of Mr. Crossan, the House amendment to the Senate bill entitled,

"An act to revive, reënact and extend the act entitled, 'An act to enable the owners of the marsh meadows near Newport, called Conrad's Cripple, to keep the banks, dams and sluices in repair, and to raise a fund to defray the expenses thereof,' passed at

Dover, February 23d, 1865, and the supplements and amendments thereto,"

Was read, as follows:

Amend the bill as follows: Add in line six of Section 1 the following words: "as the same has been modified or amended by the acts of the General Assembly subsequent thereto."

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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 received the signature of the Speaker of the House, viz:

"An act to lay out a public road in Gumborough Hundred;"

"An act authorizing the Recorder of Deeds of Kent County to make a new index of deeds and to transcribe the mortgage index;"

"An act to incorporate the Right Grand Council of Delaware of Heptasophs, or Seven Wise Men;"

"An act authorizing the Commissioners of School District No. 44. New Castle County, to borrow money to build a new school house;"

"An act for the sale of certain real estate in the City of Wilmington;"

"An act transferring the farm of Augustus A. Chapman from School District No. 42, New Castle County, to School District No. 44, in said county;'

"An act to incorporate Most Worshipful African Harmony Grand Lodge of F. A. A. Y., of Wilmington, Delaware;"

"An act to authorize the Levy Court of New Castle County to take charge of a certain piece of road in St. Georges Hundred."

Mr. Bacon, from the Committee on Roads and Highways, reported back, without recommendation, the House bill entitled,

"A supplement to the act entitled, 'An act to authorize the laying out of a new public road in Dagsborough and Gumborough Hundreds, in Sussex County,' passed at Dover, April 13, 1885,"

Which, on his motion, was taken up for consideration.

On motion of Mr. Bacon, the further consideration of the bill Indefinitely postponed.

was

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

"An act in relation to steam fire engines passing upon the public highways of this State,"

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 Judiciary.

Mr. Cooper, from the Committee on Judiciary, reported back, with an amendment, the House bill entitled,

"An act in relation to steam fire engines passing upon the public highways of this State."

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

Amend the bill by adding Section 2, as follows:

"SECTION 2. In case a traction steam engine passing along the highways, and the engineer of which fails to stop when a restive team or horse and carriage is passing the same, it fails to send the proper persons ahead of such engine to give notice of its approach, to hold or lead such restive horses past such traction engine, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to a fine of twenty dollars for each such offense, recoverable on trial before a Justice of the Peace the same as other debts by law in this State, with costs of prosecution; the said fine to be paid into the County Treasury.'

On the further motion of Mr. Bacon,

The amendment was

Adopted.

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

"An act to transfer the farm and premises of John H. McGinnis from School District No. 69 to School District No. 53, in Kent County."

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

"An act to change the name of William H. Thorp to William H. Norton."

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

"An act to amend Chapter 207 of Volume 17 of the Laws of this State, entitled 'An act to revise and consolidate the statutes relating to the City of Wilmington.'

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

"An act in relation to recognizances in the Orphans' Court."

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

"An act in relation to witness' fees in the Municipal Court of the City of Wilmington."

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

"An act to transfer the farm and premises of John H. McGinnis from School District No. 69 to School District No. 53, in Kent County,"

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