The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-21
DELAWARE
LEGISLATURE.
The Investment Tax Bill
Referred to the House.

Dover Del, April 20.-The Senate to day
receded from the stand taken yesterday In
regard to the Investment Tax bill and re-
considered the vote Ey which it requested
the House to return the bill, and its fate
will be left to the House.
The General School bill, which passed
the House yesterday, was read in the Son
a and referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation.
In the House Mr.. Short gave notice of o
bill to fix the compensation OF county Off.
cials.
Mr. Donaldson gave notice of the bill
allowing the Court of Chancery to up.
point new donees OF powers Of trust when
necessary.
Mr.. Short introduced bill requiring
The Insurance Commissioner to examine
the standing of companies and pnblic
statements thereof.
Senator Pierce gave notice Of q bill pro-
viting for the erection and maintenance
Of q High School building at Milford.
The House passed the bills providing for
referee trials in tho Court Of Chancery
aid changing this name of Martha Grant
Bushnell to Martha Knowles Grant.
Ono Of the members of the Senate stat
ed this afternoon hat unless there is ad-
ditional legislation, it will be impossible
to collect the school tax from persons hay.
ing no real est ate
Charter makers have been at work here
to-day but none of them accomplished
anything. John S. Rosscll, secretary of the
legal commission, was here and discussed
the measure with tlie various members.
John 4. D.ckey, who Is supposed to o in
favor Of amending the measure SO rs to.
name the heads Of departments in the bill,
and Patrick NearY, who is In favor of the
original charter were both here. Dlckey
and NeaIy held number of conversations |.
but nothing was done with the bill.
John G. Gray was here again to-day in y
the iD terests Of the boiler inspector bill
which was some time ago reported to the
House without accommodation. The
bill still lies upon the table Mr.. Gray
wants the bill recomnitted so that sub
stitute may be offered for it.
During the noon recess Chief Justice
Lore, Deputy Attorney General Cooper
and Judge Ball, oil of Wilmington, ad-
dressed tho members In favor OF the bill
requiring the Levy Court of New Castle
County to make all annual appropriation
to the Ferris Industrial School.
Chief Justice Lore described the work of
the school, The boys are taught trades
by the school. The Levy Court has been
kind to the school in the past This is
merely a question OF whether these boys
shall be sent to the school or to jail Ii
sent to jail it will cost slS6 year each to
keep them. The managers of the school
arc willing to accept an amendment that
the amount shall not exceed 5000 in any
one year.
deputy Attorney. General Peter L.
Cooper, Jr.. spoke in favor of the bill. The
sum of 5000, which is asked, Is much loss
than it would cost to send these boys to
Jail to become hardened criminals.
Judge Ball said boys must be commit
ted somewhere and it is both cheaper and
better to conGne them in the Ferris School |
than i would be to keep them in Jail 1t |
would cost New Castle county over $4,000
to keep the boys in Jail. Under this |
plan The cost would not be less than 5000 |
a year. Nearly all the boys in the school
are committed by the courts Very few
are committed by their parents.
The bill will be amended as suggested |
and returned to the House.
William S. Hilles and II. H. Ward, Of
Wilmington, made addresses, crlticizing |
the General Incorporation bill.