Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-21
THE SCHOOL, BILL TAKEN UP
Considered Informally Mon
day by Both Houses.
POLITICIANS AND CITY CHARTER
A Substitute for the Pending
Bill to be Offered.
u wan be Made to Conform, 1t Ia sn,d, ns
CLOSELY as rosSibIn TO the Views of soma
tors Pyle and stewart - other Points
About Yesterdays Legislative Session.


tho General ASSEMBLY, topk adyantag
of tim absence of new business yustor-
day morning and both houses nd inurned
Immediately after going through the
formality OF opening aud consumed tho
remainder Of thu session in informal
consolidation OF the substitute Educa-
tional bill, which was completed by At
torney Henry Ridgaly, jr., on Friday.
Chairman i. s. Hopkins vt the House
committee on education presided ami
the roatiing of tho hill was r6sumed
where It was drnppeh on Friday after
noon. Tho bill, ns outlined in thuBe
columns, met with tho approval of the
membere, Until the point was reached
where provision is made for requiring
teachers TO tnke out csrtiiicaIe. 1t
was tirst decided to charge Cor csrtih
Gates as follows: Professional, good for
four years. s.; first grgdh, two years.
w soconu grads. ono ysnr, 81; pro.
tisinnal, 81. Subsequently it was de.
cidc1 to eliminate tine fee. The con
sihpration of the bill WIS resumed in
tho afternoon, the discussion being
openeu by Prof. G. 9. Tindal, su.
psrintendent OF schools Of Kent county,
who outlined the featured OF the
uummer school, which, no saih, is
supported by the tearhsrs. while in
other States ths exptnse is horne
| by the commonwealth. 1t was de.
cided that the distribution Of tina
school fund should be IN proportion to
the number nf pupils in each. No
teacher il to he paid mora than S,}5
ont of lhe State fund Mr.. Mccoy
nude request that the bill bn so
amended as to provide that tho New
Castle county superintendent shall not
have supervision over thu schools 10
tho city of New Cnstle. His request
| will be considered. The reading OF the
bill was completed and it was turned
over to Mr.. Ridgely, with the REQUEST
that he shape up the amendments which
had been suggested. 1t vas scheduled
TO be called up for passage this morn
Ing. The memhers nf both houseH have
accomplished great deal in connection
with lhis, ono OF the most important
bills OF the session. having passed upon
u informally since Friday morning.
Much credit is due Chairman Hopkins
OF the committee and his colleagues in
both houses. Now nearly all of the
members have an intelligent idea of the
provisions Of the bill.
! Representative Dempsey introduced
bill providing that tho cotnuer's pysi
clan of New Castle county shall be an
pointed by the deputy attorney general,
instead OF the trustees of tho poor. The
office pays s400. 1t is believed that If
the bill passes DR.. Joaeph L. Smith of
| Wilmington, the presant incumbent,
will be raappoipted, whereaa ii is under
stood the Democratic members of the
Board nf Poor TrnsteoB have nominated
DIR. McCabe of New CASTLE az their
| candidate for election next month.
Tine liouse passed the Donaldson bill
allowing the Levy Courts of the 70.
spoctive counties to fix q cRpitation tax,
milking % cents tho minimum and
Sl.20 the maximum. In asking for the
passage of tho bill. MIR. Donaldson said
Mr.. Wilson, who had offered the bill
fixing the tax at 81, had no objection,
1t was rond and referred in the Senate,
An effort will be made to pass tho vii
son bill, which, il 1t becomes a law,
will enforce collection.
Vhe House pasged tho House bill
making wagea prlOr lion whore cor
porations boGoms insolvont, after
amending it SO as to specify that the
labor shall have beon performed within
three months, instead of six month";.
IT ia probable that tho General Cor
poration bill will be amended 80 az to
change tho method Of procuring GER
titicate Of Incorporation. Some of the
members of tho General Assembly have
been approached by their constituents,
who naye Iuadc objection TO the present
method, which is MS follows: Tho
certificate Hhall bn signed ny tho origi.
nal corporatora, ar majority of them,
and shall BIO acknowledged, before any
all .Now M "A l.. ~
State to takn Hcknow lodgmrnts of
deods, to ho tho act and deed of the
siGncrs, respectively and that the facts
therein stated are truly set forth; said
certificate shall be recorded in hook
to he knpt for that purpose in the Office
uf the recorder of deods of the county
whore tho principal Office OF such cor
poration in this State shall lie estah-
lished, and, utter being 80 recorded,
shall ho filed in the Office of the Secre-
tary OF State; said certificate, or copy
thereof duly certified by tho Secretary
of State, shall he evidence in all courts
OF law and equity in this State. "
There is o disposition on tho part Of
some OF the members to MAKE the law
30 that the person issuing the certii.
Gates OF Incorporation will have q GER
tain amount OF responsibility. Souie
are of the opinion that rho original
application should be made to the rosi-
dent judge and tho certificate should
not be granted until after the applca-
tion has met with his approval.
All of the registration bills arc now
before tho General Assembly. Printed
copies Of tho legal commissions hill,
the last one to be submitted, were re-.
ceived yesterday anu circulated by the
mombera among their constituents.
Dovor, April 90. The House of Repro
sentatlves yesterday afternoon passed
the bill providing for uniform school
law for the entire State. After the
third reading OF tho bill bad been com
pleted Mr.. Mccoy offersd an amendment
exempting the schools of the city of
New Castle from tine supervision of the
county superintendent. Messrs. L. S.
Hopkins, Dempsey, HAZEL and johnson
opposed the amendment, the general
ground being TINT it was special legis-
lntion, which is prohibited by the Con
atitution. and the amendment was
killed, all voting against il except
Iessrs. Mccoy and Taylor.
MIR. Wilson offered an amendment to
retain the present schoul hook ron-
tracts. 1t was opposed 10y Mr.. HAZEL,
who paid hiH compliments to the paid
lobby and declared his intention Of
voting against it. Remarks woro made
ny others, and thu amendment was lost
by tho following vote;
Ayes = Messrs. Adams, Dempsey,
DonnldHon. Martin, Mccoy, Taylor,
TlOmnsOn Rn1 Wilsnn-6