Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-03-10
NO WORD FROM HERBERT
INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE ALL
AT SEA.

Holders Selling Oa-A Bin Providing for
Two Detectives.
STAFF Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, March 9.-The missing securi-
ties are still the ali-absorbing question at
the state capital. The Investigation Com.
mittee will to- morrow institute proceed
ings that they hope will lead to their
discovery.
The co mmittee held a meeting in the
Senate chamber this evening. The mem
bers canvassed the matter from all sides
and determined to have the bank certii-
Gates of the general fund and school
fund made distinct when the matter is
finally settled
without doing anything further the
committee adjourned uutil to morrow
afternoon at o'clock, when it will pro.
Deed in body to the Farmers Bank in
Dover, and take evidence from the Board
of Directors. The idea is to ascertain
whether stock certificates were ever
issued to the state, and get clue to their
present whereabouts. II the register
shows that certificates were never issued,
the committee will get the directors to
issue certificates In the names Of the two
funds.
No Word From Herbert.
State Treasurer w. q. Burnite said
this afternoon that he had not received a
word from ex State Treasurer Herbert
Neither had he been notified that
funds had been deposited in the New
Castle branch of the Farmers Bank to
meet the demands Of the state,
Senator Houston, chairman Of the
investigating committee, said tonight:
1--WE have no more idea where the
missing securities are than when we
began the investigation.
The Chief Justice and Appropriations.
Chief Justica Comegys has raised a
question as to the constitutionality of
the manner In which the state money is
expended He bases his objections upon
section Is of article Of the Co. stitu-
tion adopted December 2, 1881 The
section is as follows
Section 10 No money shall be drawn
from the treasury, but in consequence of
appropriations made by law, and a regu
lar statement and account of the receipts
and expenditures of all public money
shall be published at least once ia every
two years
AS matter of fact. the state expenses
were paid from appropriations until 1851,
when an effort was made to have a new
constitution Since that time they have
not been paid from an appropriation
fund. passed at each session to the
! different departments The sppropria-
ton for any purpose was carried from
| year TO year in conformity to the act of
I he General Assembly or until the act
was amended or repealed
1t is claimed that these appropriations
II they can be called appropriations. Gre
made by law. The constitution does
not define any specific manner in which
these appropriations are TO be made. The
state funds are spent by authority of the
| General Assembly, and because the Cen
eral Assembly does not see fit to take the
matter up each session does not make
the existing law, which has no time
limit, unlawful.
Your correspondent called upon State
Treasurer Burnite this afterneo on and
mentioned the matter TO him. Hs
laughed heartily and said he paid out tb,
money according to law" In conclu-
sion he said:
well, lawful or unlawful / notice,
the chief Justice did not hesitate abou
receiving $3.50 salary paid him severa
days ago.
1 Int lQth - Ludl IL ID mercy
a constitutional bubble that will die il
its infancy without attracting mucl
public attention.
Senator dan Gutwitted.
The Rehoboth Beach Association ha
outwitted Senator Hall, and the Senat
Committee on Corporations Severa
weeks ago the House passed bill revolK
ing the charter of tie Rehoboth Bescl
AssC citation and incorporating the plac
rs town under the name of the City o
Rehoboth. 1t was sent to the Senate ant
referred to the Committee on Corpora
! lions. While it was in this committee
) Rehoboth Beach Association lobby cam
} to Dover and claimed that the bill wa
. an unjust measure that it was unconsti
tutional: that IL revoked vested rights j
lands and would lead TO endless litigation
This lobby asked for ten days time t
prepare amendments TO be presented {
the Senate committee.
This was simply blind to the com
mittee. During that extension of to
days the association sold off its propert
right and left and no fewer than sixt
deeds for lots have been recorded in th
recorders Office at Georgetown, and ther
is no telling how fsr-reaching these Ian
] deals are But one thing can be set dow
as an assured fact, that the sssociatio
, has recognized the fact that the peopl
will have town, and by selling off it
property 20 individuals has saved itself
in great measure, from the operation o
the bill against vested rights"
A Sensible BIZ.
Mr.. Richardson to day gave notice Q
what is regarded as one Of the most ser
sible bills that has come to the GenerS
Assembly this session It is as follows
An act for more efficient protection
: against crime
Sec l. That the governor as soon a
conveniently can be after the passage o
this act, shall appoint two suitable per
} sons resident in the city Of. Wilmington
to be detectives for the county of New
I Castle. 1t shall be the business of thl
! said persons to ferret out crime an
when not under orders for. the attorne,
general or his deputies, shall be .subjec
to the orders of the chief of police O
Wilmington. They shall make TO tn
said chief Of police weekly reports Q
their doings.
Sec. @ They shall have authority t
\ make arrests and serve writs anywher
in the state.
Sec. 8 They, or any of them, shal
2 serve all requisitions and for this shal
receive no compensation, except for thei
actual expenses, which expenses shall b'
: paid by the state treasurer upon tn
q production Of their vouchers. whicl
Q shall be first approved by the attorney
b general and the secretary Of state.
Sec A. They shall receive for thei
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