Evening journal., 1893-04-28

Salary should BE Fixed-He Does Not
Want the state swamp ed With Fees
1t is Too Small to stand It.
STAFF Correspondence Evening Journal
DOVER, April % The bill fixing tho
salary of Fish Commissioner Null
gan at $50 passed the House yesterday
morning, after one of the ha dest fights
Of the session The salary is in lieu of
all fees but the allowance for days
actually occupied in state work is SO
a day Under the present law the fish
commissioner only gets about $500.
Mr. Cooch favored the bill The
duties of the fish commissioner had
increased and the compensation fixed
in the bill was very reasonable. He
said that IL was the idea TO pass bill
giving the commissioner control of the
Menhaden fisheries. He estimated that
such bill would increase the state
revenue by $4,000.
Mr. Salisbury said that salaries Of
public servants should not be increased
lie thought that there were plenty of
officers underpaid, among them being
the Judges, attorney general and mem
bers of the General Assembly.
Mr.. Dasey said that the fish commits
sioner's salary should be fixed He did
not want the state swamped with fees
1t was too small aud too poor to stand IL.
Mr. Gam objected to any increase
under the present law He claimed that
the commissioner could, under the
present law. draw his salary whether he
did the work of his Office or not
Mr.. Bryan said that the Office was, in
his opinion, "a very important one. If 1t
was not worth $500 it should be abol.
ished. He thought that the state should
do everything possible to protect its
fishing interests
Mr. Salisbury said that the House
passed all the increases in salary and ap
propiiations and the bills simply 60 to
the Senate to be Topped off
Mr.. Cooch insisted that the state
should pay the fish commissioner salary
that would pay him to perform the
duties of the Office: otherwise it should
be abolished
Mr. Salisbury called the Houses at
tention to the fact that the chairman OF
the Committee on Fish, Oysters and Game
had taken the floor in opposition to the
bill
In reply to this Mr. Gam, the member
alluded to, said that he favored granting
the officer SO a day, provided the amount
did not exceed $500 year.
Mr.. Salisbury moved that the bill b'
indefinitely postponed This motion wal
lost by the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs Armstrong, Dasey Hall
Hickman, Lynch, Saulsbury-6. Nays
Msssrs Bryan, Cocoa, Conawsy, Gam
Harrington, Jacobs, Pratt, Prettyman
Sevil, Spruance, Watkins, Whittock
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Messrs Kenney and Day we're absent
Mr. Hall then made a motion to re
commit.
Mr. Cooch said that the committee ha
had charge of the bill for two months
IL knew as much about it as it eve
would therefore he objected to recon
initial.
Mr. Salisbury moved that it be re
ferred TO the Committee on Appropria
tions
Mr. Cooch said that such motion wa
an insult to the Committee on Fish
Oysters and Game.
Mr.. Salisbury dsclaimed ell inter
tion of insulting anybody He did nc
think that Mr. Cooch should raise sue
a matter when he was not a member {
the committee. IL member Of the con
mittee objected he would withdraw tn
motion MIR Hall withdrew his motto
TO recommit aud Mr. Salisbury T,
newed his motion to send the bill to tn
Committee on Appropriations.
Mr.. Bryan informed the House this
the Committee on Fish, Oysters an
Game was getting weary of considerln
the matter. Any other committee wa
perfectly welcome to it. The motion {
recommit was lost by a vote of 8 to II
The bill was then passed by the follow
ing vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Bryan, Cooch, Con
way, Harrington. Jacobs. Pratt, Sevil
Spruauce, Watkins, WhittOck an
Speaker Whiteman, II; nays-Messr
Dasey, GAM Hall, Hickman, L,nct
Pretty man and Salisbury. The bi
will have its first reading in ths Senat
to-day.