Middletown transcript., 1905-04-01
BILLS PASSED
BY ASSEMBLY
Governor Lea Has Thirty Days
10 Sign Bills
THE MORE IMPORTANT ONES

The MORE IMPORTANT ONES
Governor Lea will shortly begin thi
consideration of the bills that were pass
! ed by the recent Legislature and whicl
await his approval. He has thirty days
in which to sign the measures or allow
them to 60 by default. The more i'm
portant of the bills are:
For the commitment of long-term
prisoners (serving six months and longer
| from Kent and Sussex Counties to the
| New Castle County workhouse taking
effect January, 1907.
Amendment to the constitution abol-
ishing the dollar registration fee IRE.
qnires the concurrence of the Legislature
two Years hence
Establishing morgue and superinten-
dent for New Castle County. (Superin-
tendent to get 81 900 year.)
Kent County local option bill.
Appropriating $4,000 for Delaware
College and $4,000 for State College for
Colored Students.
Authorizing a stenographer for the
Court of Chancery 5000 year,
Re-enacting and revising the insurance
laws.
Returning $35, 600 to John B. Wharton
trustee, and the Delaware Electric Rail
way Company.
Amending the law for the protection
of birds and their nests.
Renewing the charter OF the Ferris In
dustrial School
Enabling unnaturalized persons to ac-
quire title to real estate in Delaware.
Changing the opening of the reed bird
season to September lst.
Authorizing special constabls, to be ap-
pointed by the governor, for individuals,
firms or corporations.
Regulate the use of automobiles and
motor vehicles.
New charter for the Wilmington Board
of Education.
Authorizing the Board of Education
to borrow $4,000 annually for the next
seven years.
Ratifying compact settling the Del
aware-New jersey boundary dispute.
Appointing William S. Hilles, Walter
Ii. Hayes and Alexander B. Cooper
commissioners OH the part of Delaware
to act with commissioners on the part
of New Jersey in drafting uniform fish,
cries laws.
Three bill repeating the good roads law
and enacting good roads laws for New
Castle. Kent and Sussex counties, separ-
ately.
Increasing the court stenographer's
salary to $1,000 year.
Regulating the practice of chiropody.
Placing the making of new indices
in New Castle County Offices in charge of
of the resident judge and Levy Court.
Increasing the attorney-general's sal
ary.
Making illegitinate children heirs of
their mothers.
Appropriating 500 for the relief of in
digent soldiers and sailors
Refunding to New Castle County the
Adams tax money turned over by it to
the State.
Authorizing the borrowing of 100000
by the Street and Sewer DEPARTING mt of
Exempting Grand Army Veterans from
pa, ing peddler's licenses.
Bill for the relief of Stewart & Donahoe
for building the Middletown- -Odes sa
road
For the protection of telephone COM
panes against the use of their systems
by fraud or false pretenses.
Increasing the fire test for illuminat-
lg oils.
For the protection of the natural oy-
ster beds.
For the protection OF holly trees and
'aplings.
Exempting leased pianos and organs
rom attachment or execution process for
'ent.
Appropriating 81, 900 for the Daughters
# American Revolution memorial at
Requiring Industrial insurance COM
,anies to pay for license for their agents.
Increasing the salaries of future gov
rnors to 1000 year.
Anti-child labor bill.
Requiring the trustees of the State hos
'ital at Farnhurst to turn money from
he board of patients into the State treas
ry.
Regulating the admission of insane pa
tents from Wilmington into the Delaware
tate Hospital.
Nesting the hanging of prisoners in New
astle county in the trustees of the county
'orkhouse, who are to designate the exc s
ntioner.
Fixing the salaries of officials of New
astle county. :
Prescribing penalties for the breaking G
ito of any car, caboose or locomotive !
18th or without intent to commit felony. .
Several bills relating to the resurveying s
I'd protecting natural oyster beds. a
Authorizing the county workhouse
ustees to borrow 100000 for additions
the prison.