Milford chronicle., 1903-03-20
NOTES OF
THE LEGISLATURE.

for- Groves Sparks and McNnlty spoke
in favor of the bill. Mr. Groves in his
address said:
"I would not suppose, from the pub
lie clamor that has gone up from TINS
State from one end TO another, that this
.nnropriation would be allowed 10 die
NV uaetion on the part Of any of the
counties and that We would, Therefore
have these three highway commissions
or. on our hands Suppose they do,
and this public olamor fom Brandy
wine TO B.ltintrre dies in the twink
Iino of an eve-the state has saved all
these Big app-opri tions and has Only
exuended So 600 yeay-their salaries.
and nas satisfied the public. But'gen-
tlemen. we will not 90 back into cur
sleep of fifty years. The farming COM
munitie- have a crying need for some
Immediate steps toward modern road.
Tits public necessity tod y thai IS
forced rightup T. us.
The system is the best ever presen-
ted to any Leei-lature, having all the
ucod features that are now i'm existence
I'm practically all of the good roads
STATES. 1t gives ab-Olute home rule.
If the Levy Court do not see fit to be-
gin the work in any particular district
ard at any particular time, tiey do lot
have to take the States aid. Macadam,
telford. oyster shells, or other hard
substance that will stand the te Of
wears must be used in such quantities
a- will insure durability and perma-
,epce As this committee went through
this bill, they found that every dollar
Dyas safegtaided Not a dollar can be
wasted aud the people can have the
blessing of good roads and have it now
The Farmers Bank directors named
on the part Of the State will be: For
Wilmington, William Baxter, Edmund
Mitchell, Jr and Henry c. Conrad
Dover. George Il. Murray, George H.
Cfildersleeve and G. w. Lord; Smyrna,
S. Edward Reed Everett Hickman and
John Townsend, Jr.
In the course of the proceedings the
House defeated the constitutional
amendment regarding the levyiDg Of
captitation tax. The bill for the relief
of Joseph Davidson was killed. The
House amendment to equalize taxation
for State, county and municipal pur-
poses was laid on the table.
The bill to protect pigeons was dis
posed of by being killed, instead of per
mittiag pigeons to be killed during
certain months This was the result Of
tie action, prob bly, of the Society for
the Protection of Cruelty to Animals.
The House defeated the bill TO appro-
pirate $4,000 for a Delaware exhibit at
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at
st. Louis. Mr. Connolly in ad-
vocating the bill urged that Delaware
ought to be represented in it and that
it was a public necessity. When wego
there we don't want to go as pilgrams,
but we want to have a home
Dr. Buckmaster declared that he
could not vote for the bill since the
Senate had killed the bill for a State
sanitarium for consumptives. Mr..
Newton also opposed the bill on the
same ground. Mr.. Rose favored the
bill.
Replying to Mr.. Buckmaster, Mr..
Connolly said that the reason he op-
posed the bill was because he was not
put on as one of the commissioners. /
That be had been soliciting the men,
bers Of the committee to appoint him.
Mr.. Buckmaster denied that it affected
his vote. Mr. Tyre had tine list of com
missioners read again, showing that
Mr. Connelly's name appeares as that
ofOne Of the men. Mr. Tyre then asked .
if the fact that Mr. Connolly was a COM
-pIissioners led to his support of the
measure. The vote st cd thirteen yeas,
eighteen nays.
Governor Hum signed the military
bill and it became law. 1t carries an
AHpAofi iattuA vi 9o,uUUiOi i6lu pFdcllCes
The House killed the bill increasing
the salary ofthe court stenographer. 1t
received 26 votes, when it needed p.
The vote on the repeater of the voters
assistant by the Senate was as follows:
Ayes-Clements, Harrington. Jeffer-
son, Latta, McNulty, Smith, Sparks,
Wright, and President pro tenn. Ellison
%.
NOes-BTasure, Conner, Groves, D.
D. Moore, T. c. Moore, Pennewill.
Oqe of the first things done in the
House Tuesday was the passage of a
motion that all House bills that were
pending be laid upon the table Among
.he bills which this carried to defeat
was the one 10 appropriate $500 for
he pay and expenses Of the Delaware
witnesses for the relrial of COrdelia