The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-16
DELAWARE
LEGISLATURE.
The Assembly Discusses
the School Bill.

| Dover, Del, April l5-The Whining
ton Charter bill occupied the attention of
tho General Assembly this morning, and
the first stop was taken toward effecting
| compromise that may result eventually
In the passage Of the measure.
| A committee Of tho two Houses held O
meeting this morning for the purpose of
discussing amendments. but nothing DELI
| nite wui agreed upon.
1t was agreed that the action should
| not be hasty and timo should bo allowed
| for preparing some amendments.
The bill introduced in the House is like.
| ly to be abandoned, but the Senate BILL
which Is Identical with the ono In the
House, will probably be called up the
latter part of next week. 1t is expected
that the amendments will be ready by
that time and a lively time Is anticipated
when they are presented.
1t is generally conceded that an effort Is
to he made to name the heads Of the five
departments in the bill. Three are to be
Democrats and Two Republicans. Two Of
tho Democrats, it is understood, may be
named by senator Pyle; the other Domo.
crat by the members Of tho House and the
two Republicans by Senator Stewart.
! he reconstructed General School bill
was introduced in the House to-day az a
substitute for the original bill. 1t retains
the main features Of tho present law, with
few changes.
There are to be State and County Boards
of Education. The State Board Is to be
composed Of the Governor, Secretary OF
State, State Auditor, President of Della
ware College and the senior msmber of
each Of the county boards, making seven
In ALL
The county boards are to consist of three
members each, to be appointed by the
Governor, and all are not to be of the same
political party Women, as well as men,
who pay school tax, are to be allowed to
vote.
Colorod school districts ar, to be laid
out by the comfy board. but in no case Is
the number of colored school districts to
exceed the number OF colored schools, as
at pree ent constituted. COlOred people
only are to be allowed to vote at tho cleo
tions in the oolored school districts and
only white persons in the white districts.
The colored people will therefore govern
thei- own school districts.
During the noon recess the members
considered Informally the bill and passed
upon several sections of it. 1t will prob
ably bo acted upon next week.
In the Senate this morning Mr.. Mere
dith introduced bill regulating street
railway privileges in Wilmington.
The amendments to the General Cor
poration bill havo been agreed upon by
the members of the House and are in
shape. They will be considered formally
next week. and the bill will probably be
called up for action in n few days
Chaplain Charles |. .Stengle of the House
is seriously i'll at his home at Leipsic
After tho House had secured quorum
this afternoon Representative Donaldson
called up the bill governing the collection
of capltaton taxes. The bill provides that
the tax shall not be less than % cents nor
more than SLIPS. Under the new constitu.
ton the capitation tax must be uniform
in each county. Representative Wilson
has bill providing that when man fails
to pay the tax he may bo compelled to
work by the county for three days.
Mr. Donaldson withdrew his bill temper.
arily in order to give the committee tilno |
to consider the Wilson scheme. The idea
is probably to make n compromise affair.