The Delawarean., 1901-01-23
MORE APPROPRIATIONS
ASKED Of LEGISLATURE.
Nearly Every Day Brings Its New Demand
on the Public Treasury.
DELAWARE COLLEGE, $4,000; STATE COLLEGE $4,000.

Gives Monday. Representative Shall
Cross offered joint resolution author
4z.ng the Governor to pay over to the
otale Treasurer the funds so received
i. is said that the State will endeaVo1
ITO push another claim of $4,000 for
her expenses in furnishing Spanish
war volunteers.
AN amendment to the successful
General Incorporation law was given
notice of in The House by Mr. Robert
son. THE amendment was drawn by
Walter H. Hayes, the Wilmington law
yer who prepared The original laws
and the nature of the amendment is
not yet known to the House.
Representative Finn presented his
good roads bill in the House Monday
and 500 copies were ordered printed
1t provides for ihe appointment of a
State Highway Commission, county
road supervisors and for a State ap-
preparation. The roads are to be per-
manently improved by macadam, and
improved steam stone crusher and
road machines. The road taxes are
supposed to pay half the expense, THE
State appropriating the remainder
The appropriations supporting free
ambulance service for the city of Will
ming .lon came up in the House Monday
and Went through with flying colors
there not being a single vote recorded
against it. All the Wilmington repre-
sentatiyes spoke heartily in favor oi
it and, after it had passed, Represen-
tative Robertson thanked the House
on behalf of the Phoenix Fire Com
pany and the 10000 inhabitants oi
Wilmington for this service to hu-
manity.
aIDr. Moore presented a measure in
the House prohibiting carp fishing in
the Delaware bay or its tributaries
during the months of June, July or
/ August.
Mr. Kitchens brought in a bill re-
pealing the screen law" for saloons
inns and taverns.
Mr.. Kitchens also gave notice of a
bill creating the office of deputy coro-
ner for New Castle county, and provid.
ing a salary for that official.
Mr. Baynard gave notice of the new
city charter bill in the House Monday
entitled, IAN act for revising tht
charter of the city of Wilmington
The bill is not yet in hand.
In the House Monday, Mr. Aron pre-
sented remarkable measure, entitled
IAN act to prevent the marriage ol
degenera .es." 1t eompels future brides
. and grooms, upon coming before THE
! clerks of the peace to secure marriage
1 licenses, to present a certificate from
practicing physician that they arr
not suffering from amy hereditary ol
contagious disease.
There was a siir in the House Mon
day afternoon when Representative
Theodore F. Clark offered the follow
ing resolution, and it was seconded by
Representative Monaghan of the Dem
ocratic side:
Joint Resolution Prohibiting the Us,
of any Rooms or Departments of th'
State House for the Storage or Distri
button of Liquors.
Whereas, Intoxicating liquors in bot
tiles and otherwise, have been received
and stored in certain rooms or apart
ments of the State House, and
Whereas, The State House is tn,
sanctum of the highest court of th'
commonwealth General Assembl.
and proper conduct of the member
and visitors is demanded by the peopl'
at the crucial time of session of thV
General Assembly, be it
Resolved, By the Senate and Hous,
of Representatives of the State of Del
aware, that the State Librarian, al
custodion of this building, is hereb.
authorized eand directed to have re
moved and excluded from the building
all Intoxicating liquors.
There was practically no commen
ON the measure except that MIR. Arol
asked to have it read again, and i
passed the House unanimously.
Tuesday--House.
The effort by the Board of Trade o
Wilmington to have all manufacturer
exempted from taxation stirred up ;
lively nest in the House yesterday
Some of the Representative rf othe
vocations took exception bo relieving
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