Evening journal., 1899-02-09

stata a fee ,c $40; takes filom pilots
who now hold licenses contrary to law
aG alch licenses, and stiIs up things
generally II has not yet been deter
mined who viii introduce the bill
AII4EE ON IDIOTS.
When the bill increasing the num-
Der OF slate benehciaries Of the idictic
class from ~ to IA was up in the Sen
ate for passage Tuesday, one Of the
senators remarked that the reason for
wiplng out the geographical lines was
that there were more IDIOTS in New
Castle county than in Kent and sus-
sex Senator Alice, chairman of the
Union Republican State Committee
looked around with an air Of won
-drous wisdom and said: Il think that
is quite likely
THE SELLING OF GAME.
Representative Short introduced a
bill providing that no license shall be
required. or fees paid. for the privilege
LOT selling game in this state No citl-
zen of this state, il says, shall be re-
qured to pay any fee, or obtain any
license. to enable him to ship any
game, bird or animal. dead or alive I'm
or cut Of the state, but every citizen
OF this state Who has obtained from
the clerk OF the peace OF any county
license emitting him to buy and sell
goods. wares and merchandise, shall
have the privilege eff sellins and ship
ping any game, bird or animal in and
out Of the state without obtaining
any additional lleenee, or paying any
additional fee
LIKELY TO BE SCOTCHED.
Senator Allon yesterday introduced
the bin % provide a norma. course Of
training fer the school teachers of this
state. It's father is Rev. Vaughan S.
Collins, principal Of the Wilmington
Conference Academy, in this town,
and the probability is that ne will suf-
fer the discontinue Of seeing his bill
t1ily worsted in the encounter with
the members Of the General Assembly
On It's face 1t looks quite innocent, but
when the rules of arithmetic are aD-
Piled TO IL the showing is such as TO
inspire the belief tha. 10 viii never
become q law. In the first pace the
academy rs strongly sectarian. and
The other denominations viii natur-
ally resent the application Of state
funds TO fll It up with students. Some
even go so far as 20 hold that the bill
is unC9nstituiOnal, as the sthocl is a
Quasi-prlvato one BuJ there is a
greater objection than that, ana ~ is
| the amount of money 80 w1u'l require
1 annually 90 carry ON. the provisions of
Che ACT. There are thirty-hye repre-
sentative districts In the s,Gte, and the
| big provides that each district shall
he cntitled to two students each year,
10 be selected by competitive examina-
tion. That would make seventy stu
dents. Ii is provided in The bin that
the Conference Academy shall receive
for the FIRST year students $50 each;
for the second year. $40. and for the
third year, SlOO That means an ex-
pcase of $500 for the first year: S.
/ 150 FOR the second year, and Sl5,750
/ for the third and every year there
after In the first year there would
| be seventy etudents M $50, making So
/ SEQ I'm the second year these sew
enty students would cost the state So
250 and The new seventy, S3,500 In
the third year the first seventy would
/ Eo costing The g.atc $1,000; The second
seNcriy $3.50. and the thlrd seventy
| $500. q total OF sl5.750. Then the
three year classes would lc full and
after tha. the annual cost 10 the state
weuld bo sl5,750.
REPRESENTATIVE NOTES.
Rcpveserta-ive Donovan gave notice
cf his act for the protection Of musk
rats on Smyrna river
Representative FAIRIES gave notice of
an ACT TO prevent fishermen IN the
Delaware hay from using a net vita q
mesh CT less than three inches
stretched.
The Hruee bill Increasing Seaford's
taxation ana the Senate bin changing
the names OF children cF divorced par-
ents ard divorced women were re-
feIVed I'm ihe House.
Ex-Spcaker Of tie House William l..
Srman, Ce Delmar. was i'm the House
ye1lerday working In behalf OF this
bin 10 Incorporate the town of De'mar.
In the House Representative Dona-
hoes resolution apnropriating 1880
TO tho s. p c. C. was referred.
Printed copies Of the Senate bill re-
ducing the water ratcs I'm Wilmington
\ were placed on the memberl' desks
i yesterday afternoon.
I'm the House the House bill repeal
ing the law authorizing the school
commissioners or school district No.
s6, Kent county, to sell the old prop
eity OF the district and purchase new
property was reported favorably.
Refrese entative Hunter gave notice
Iof his hin laying out two school dis
tricts in Sussex county for the use of
the MOors.
Representative DennisOn gave notice
lof an act authorizing the appolntment
lcf special constahles for the Whining
ton ard Brandywine Springs Railway
I Company
Representative llushehcck gave no.
- tice OF his act requiring employers of
/, night watchmen In factories. banks
mills, warehouses and other buildings
to provide light and heat FOR such
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