The Delawarean., 1901-01-23
Important Measures That are Be-
fore the Legis1aturemen Look
ing t, the Public Nesds.-Bill
to Make a County Offices
Salaried.

W AkAaht "A CoAnty ODUCeS
Salaried.
The General Assembly went into a
joint session yesterday afternoon to
hear special committee of the Board
of Trustees of Delaware College.
Lietenant-Governor Cannon presided
and introduced DR.. George w. Mar
shall of Milford, chairman of the col
lege's committee on leg islation. He
and j. Harvey Whiteman of the com
mittee presented the demands of Della
ware College in speeches urging i'm
mediate and liberal aid
The institution now derives from the
Federal Government $39,980 annually
but all those appropriations have
strings to them beyond which the
Board of Trustees cannot go.
The $S9,980 is an annual one to be
applied ito equipping the various de
partments that investigate the
sciences. The degree of success and
institution has crowded it to- such an
extent that the work cannot be sue
cessfully carried on. Apart from the
accommodations of the ninety students
the necessary experimental work can
not now be continued.
The committee urged an appropria-
tion for the erection of a building to
be known as the administrative build
ing.
The new building desired will cost
$25000 This amount, it was argued,
would be absolutely necessary to con-
tinue the appropriations now received
from the National Government
An appeal for an appropriation of
$4,000 was also made by Chief Justice
Lore for additional buildings for the
State College for Colored Students.
This also gets about $4,000 annually
from the Government.
Keeping Public Schools Open.
The bill in relation to the public
schools of the State, which has been
introduced by Representative Baynard,
will doubtless have very advantage
Gus effect on the schools, especially
in The country districts. In isolated
places, and in some towns as well,
schools have been obliged to close
early in the spring because iof a lack
Of funds, thus depriving a large num-
ber of the smaller children of the adj
vantages of education, owing to their
impossibility to attend during the win
ter weather. The measure does away
with the present school fund kept by
the State Treasurer, and will allow
each teacher, besides the funds already
appropriated by the school districts 81
day for every day he teaches over
that, provided the county superintend-
ent certifies to the number of days.
More Money Fer Free Libraries.
A communication has been received
by the Legislature from the Delaware
State Federation of Women's Clubs,
which says in part:
'FWle are convinced that no legisla-
tion could be devised that would be
more beneficial to the individual
citizenship, and in the end to the State
itself, than a judicious measure to
encourage the establishment of free
libraries throughout the State, that all
the people may have access to these
avenues of learning"
Senator Abbott will present meas
ure continuing the State appropriation
for free circulating libraries, but put
ting them under the charge of the
State librarian The bill also provides
that town councils shall be authorized
ito appropriate money for the establish
ment of free public libraries, the ap-
preparation to be increased by proper
tomato grant from the States treasury
and also that the governor appoint a
free public library commissioner
whose duty it will be to look after
such details of administration as may
be provided for i'm the law, and who
shall serve without compensation.
House--Monday.
The $17,770.S3 received by Governor
Tunnel from the United States Gov
ernment for a portion of this States
expenses in equipping and putting into
the field the First Regiment of In
fantry, N. G.. d., to serve during the
Spanish war was brought to the at