The sun., 1901-02-22
LICENSE BILL
PASSES SENATE
Decision Held up, However, Until
This Morning.
NO CHANGE IN BALLOT
Local Option for Sussex County Did
Not Get It's Representatives, Sup
port and Was Declared I'm
constitutional.
NO CHANGE IN BALLOT
Special to The Sun.

Special to The Sun.
Dover, Feb. elf the present General
Assembly pushes through all the bust
ness of which notice has been given It
will establish record that has hereto
fore been unequalled by any legislative
body. Speaker McCommons was CON
PEELED to encroach on that portion Of his
ledger allotted to Senate business, an &C
curance heretofore unknown.
The vote today was Il repetition of
yesterdays, Addicks, 16; Kenney, %;
du Pont, q; Higgins, 3, and Bird, 1.
For the short term, Addicks, 20; Sauls-
bury, %; Burton, 6; Richards, l and
Hughes, l.
Miss Savin, of New York and Mrs.
Rollins, of Philadelphia, relatives of
Senator Wright, were interested yisi-
tors mt todays session. The bill repeal
ing the law which allows farmers along
the Murderkill, Mispilllion and st. Jones
rivers to catch oysters fifteen days be-
fore the licensed tongers, is having
rather n stormy time in getting through
the Senate. 1t was laid over until
Tuesday and when it was brought UP for
reconsideration today it was RECON-
mitted.
The following House bills were read
and referred in the Senate this morning:
Act to amend chapter rs, volume Il,
abolishing the mode of making atii-
davit by applicants for liquor license.
This bill makes il possible for
person desiring license to make
afIidavitc before any justice of the peace
and thus save considerable time and
expense. %haa
An act to protect gray squirrels; an
act providing for the auditing of the
hooks and accounts of certain New Cas-
tie county officers; an act to amend an
act in relation to injuries incurred by un-
lawful violence or negligence; an act to
amend the charter of the town of Mills
boro.
Several bills were passed by the
upper House this morning, they being:
House bill appropriating $500 to the 5.
l.. G. g.; Senate bill authorizing the
Governor to appoint an additional notary
public for Dover, TO be located in the
office of the Diamond State Trust Com
pany; Senate bill authorizing the Cover
nor to appoint an additional notary pub
lie for the Office of the grand recorder Of
the A. o. U. W.; Senate bill authoriz-
ing the appointment of a notary public
for the office of j. Harvey Whiteman;
House bill extenuing until July, 1902 the
time for collecting the 1899 taxes i'll the
city of New Castle.
QUESTION OF LIQUOR LICENSES.
About the most important measure
which came up for consideration this
afternoon in the Senate was the bill;
which allows an incorporated town Oh
municipality to claim one-half of the
revenue derived from liquor licenses
Senator McNulty, in lengthy speech
endeavored to convince the members OF
the benefits that would ensue We're this
hill passed, and said that the fact Of the
State being in straitened circumstances
would not, in manner, be affected by
the loss of these moneys. Mr.. Nc
Nulty, in explaining this statement said
that the present corporation law has re
duced the indebtedness of the State t
minimum and that the amendment
now being prepared by the attorneys
would more than reimburse the Stat,
for the loss of the liquor money, ant
the fact that the city of Wilmington pait
something like $40,0 900 for it's police force
and thought that some steps should b'
taken to make amends to the city fo
this expense as most of its trouble wa
caused by the liquor traffic.
Mr.. Pennewill did not agree with Mr.
McNulty and said that as all Of tn
State institutions are located in New
Castle county, the city Of Wilmington
derived all the benefits that could pos
sibly be derived therefrom.
The vote on being taken stood 10 to
Messrs. Abbott, Allee Blakely, Brasurt
Pennewill, Ellison and Groves vote
against the measure and Messrs. Knox
McFarlane. Harrington, Maull, Hari
Wright, McNulty, Farlow, Slaughte
and Clements voted for it. This vot
was considered doubtful by the Senator
and the president and by consent of tina
body the decision was reserved until t.
morrow when the opinion of the attorney
will be had.
Reported fayorably and made speci;
order for Monday afternoon at o'cloc
Senate bill authorizing the appoin
ment OF deputy judge for the Nun
cipal Court of Wilmington.
Passed-Senate bills allowing liqu'
license applicants to make afhdavits o.
Of court; amending the charter OF II
town fo Clayton; Senate bill requirlI
State license fee from oyster eXporte
(yeas, 9: nays, g.; Senate bill authorizll
a special oyster shell tax in the SecoI
Representative district in Sussex count
Passed-House bill increasing to
cents. now 25, the maximum tax ra
authorized to he levied in Brandywi