Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-02-28
LIQUOR LICENSE FEE BILL
Reconsidered and is Once More
Before the Senate.
SPECIAL ORDER FOR THURSDAY
The Cost of the Ross McNulty
Contest.
IL Amounted to @sO3.5O-Defeat of the
Whiteman Jury Commissioner BiIi-No
Gas Inspector for Wilmington General
Legislative Notes. E.G

Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journal.
Dover, Feb. 26. The Senate, on mo-
tion of Senator McNulty, yesterday,
reconsidersd the vote by which it re-
fused to concur in the House bill to
divide the liquor license fees among the
cities and Incorporated towns.
TN Senator McNulty' further motion,
the bill was made the special order for
3 O'Clock next Thursday afternoon.
Ross-M'NuLTY CONTEST.
The Ross-McNulty contest cost the
State S803. 80
A report giving the amount of the
expenses incurred was presented to the
Senate by Senator Knox, chairman Of
the Senate committee on elections. The
items of expenditure were al follows
McNulty witnesses and fees, Sl05 20; /;
McNulty personal expenses, S38; Ross
witnesses and fees, s82. 80; Ross per-
sonai expenses, $1,000; sergeant-at.
arms, $50; stenogrspher. Sill; clerical
services, SO; Ross attorney fees, $500;
McNulty attorney fees, 5000,
The Senate adopted u joint resolu-
tion, offered by Senator Slaughter, ap-
propriating the said sum to defray the
expenses. '3Hs
JURY COMMISSIONER BfLIi.
The Senate killed the Whiteman Jury
Commissioner bill by the following
vote; 3.a
Senators Clements, Hart, Har-
rington, Maull, McNulty, Slaughter
and Wright. K
Noes-Senators bbott, Alice. Blakely.
Brasure, Groves, Knox, McFarlin and
Pennewill and President FRO tenn Eli
son-9.
JERSEY MARKET.
The House.killed the House bill gro
viding fot the removal of the Jersey
market from Fourth and French streets,
Wilmington, to Church street. wharf
Representative Robertson said he
introduced the bill by request of COM
mission men who do not want the mar
ket near their places of business, but
he was opposed to its removal, because
its location is convenient to the citi-
zens of Wilmington.
Representative Monaghan also ad
vooated the defeat of the bill
The vote stood: Ayes, 10; noes, %.
Representatives Aron, Chandler,
Kitchen, Moore, Prettyman, Ralph,
Shallcross, Vinyard, West and White
voted in the affiEmatiye.-s-.-a.,
GAS INSPECTOR
By. unanimous vote, the Houss
killed the House bill providing for
gas inspector for the city OF Wilmington.
Representative Robertaon said he In
troduced the bill by request, but h8
hoped every member would vote agaipes
it.
Representative Monaghan expressed
a similar hope. and reminded his col
leagues that bill enabling the plumb
ing inspector tc perform the dutieao OF
gas inspector had been introduced.
SUSSEX COUNTY LEVY coURr.
The House, by a strict party vote.
passed the House bill reorganizing the
Levy Court of Sussex county aud mak.
ing the membership 10, one from each
Representative district, instead. of Ii,
onH from each hundred, as at present.
Representative Warren objected to the
bill because the size Of the Representa-
tive districts varies. Some districts are
five times as large as Others, which
means that some Levy Court oommis-
sioners will have to perform five times
more work than Others, and those per-
forming more work will not receive
greater compensation than those whose
duties are less arduous. In the Tenth
Representative district, there are three
tcwns-Milton, Loves and Rehoboth !;
and in one district, there is no town. 4
SALE OF COUNTY LANDS.
The Democrats in the House also
lined up against the House bill author
izing and directing the Court of Chan
Gerry for Sussex county to order the sale
of all the county lands at Georgetown,
and apply the proceeds to the erection
Of the new Jail to be located on the
poor farm or elsewhere in the county,
but their opposition was ineffective,
SUSSEX COUNTY DEBT.
The House killed the Hcuse bill
authorizing the Levy Court OF Sussex
county to fund the county debt.
The bill provided for the liquidation
of debt OF 5000 incurred by ths
Levy Court, and the calling in Of bonds
for $40, 600 bearing 6 per cent interest
and the reissue of bonds at per cent
interest or less.
A the Republicans voted for the bill,
and IA Democrats opposed them. The
bill carrying an appropriation, three
fourths vote was necessary. The af-
lrmative vote was seven short Of the
constitutional majority.