The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-15
DoIaGs AT DOVER.
A Bill Regulating State Detectives p..-.i>s
The Democratic i1.suners NJ c,tv T..
eouhc'. against Granting the
= Phoenix Further Appropriation. 4

Dovcr. March 14.-Tho members of City
council were down protesting against tho
massage Of thu bill to give an increased ap.
proprlgtion TO tho Phoenix Fire Company
OF Wilmington. City Council on last
Thursday evening approved the bill by
beers of Council and Councilman Cannon
of the Fourth ward voting for tho appro.
priation Notice was given both in the
House aud Senate.
JOHN GRAY
Was here To-day and arranged for hear.
ing of engineers aud others on the boiler
inspector bill OH Thursday next, There
appears to be powerful lobby behind the
bill who will leave nothing undone to
have 1t become u law, and thus fa'ten an.
other additional office holder upon the
people to support.
Representative Donaldson gave notice
of two more taxation bills. Gao of them
Is to remodel tho obnoxious Adams tax
law, amendments to which were killed ut
this session.
The other bill is an entirely new plan,
and one which will probably be disposed
of Ill very short time, 1t Is n rather
unique form Of income tax for city pur.
poses, and was first suggested by the re-
port of The Commission TO remodel the tax
laws Of Massachusetts,.
The plan Is to tax the occuper of house
for the excess OF tho rental of possible
rental of the house over 800. For in
stance, under the plan proposed by the
commission, aman who paid S4OJ or under
in house rent or lived In house which
would only rent for that amount, would
pay none OF the tax. II his house rented
for $500 year he would pay tax Of
10 per oentum on 100 which would b. g.
1t is not known what the limit will be In
this bill. 1t applies to all Incorporated
towns. 1t will be opposed.
The House passed and sent to the Sens
ate the bill to allow the Levy Court of New
Castle county to pay tho EXPENSES Of the
recent special election for Senator.
The Committee on Revised Statutes re-
ported I'm favorably the bill to enable An
thony Reybold to reopen an old Judgment
against the Harlan and Hollingsworth
Company.
A heuring was given to persons favoring
the passage of the agricultural bill appr0-
priat:ng $1,000 year to the State Fair held
ut Dover Ohcrs oppose tho bill on the
ground that tho fair has no right to State
money.
John G. Gray, who drow a bill which Is
before The Senate providing that telephone
company may reduce It's rates as low as
possible, or as it sees IT, but having once
lowered them they cannot again be raised
still insists that 1t Is a good thing and
should become law.
"ilSUh uohOa tLaV
tlce be given Of tho time when the now
school bill Is to be called up. He said that
1t was an important measure and every
one should know when lit wa ] o be called
up.
A representative has offered bill to regu-
late and govern the offices of State detoc-
tives. 1t will contain the duties of the
State detectives
TO REDUCE SALARIES.
Representative HAZEL this afternoon
gave notice of two bills in relation to the
salaries Of employees of the Legislature.
Under the new constitution the Legisla-
tilre will only be in session for sixty days,
aud the new bill will reduce all salaries.
Tho Senate salaries will be: Clerk, $500,
instead OF $1,000; rending clerk. $3.50 in
stead of $500; scrgeant-at-arms 800 in.
stead Of $780, chaplain, $50 instead Of
SO; page, $25 instead OF $50. House,
Clerk, $500, instead of $1,000; reading
clerk, 600 instead of 5000; sergeant.at-
arms, 500 instead of 1900; chaplain.
$50 instead of $75; page, So instead Of $75,
These reductions will save considerable
money to the state. The salaries ore only
reduced on account of tho difference
in time that the clerk serves, and the
great reduction In the quantity Of
work which will DO done by tuture legis-
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