Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-01-14

This same Information was laid be-
fore the last General Assembly by the
State Treasurer, but it saw At to take
no action in the line of the sugges-
tions than made.
These banks, moreover, refused TO
provide the Treasurer with a list OF the
names of the Stockholders. There is,
therefore, no means available to the
State Treasurer of knowing whose
stock to advertise for sale pursuant to
existing provisions of the law.
would suggest that the Insurance
Commissioner be clothed with power
TO obtain the necessary information,
and report the same to the State
I further recommend in this con-
nection that the law be so amended as
to remove all doubt as to the Con-
stitutionality Of imposing a tax on
banks, or that steps be taken to en-
force the existing law.
I also desire to call your attention to
the fact that the state Treasurer is
authorized by law TO issue licenses TO
distillers OF alcoholic liquors on appli-
cation, but the law makes no provision
for furnishing him or any other officer
with information of persons who may
distill without license.
1t is also very doubtful whether
there is now any law actually in force
providing a penalty for violations Of
the acts dealing with this matter
I recommend, therefore, that the
General Assembly should so amend
Chapter 555, Volume 10, Laws Of Del
aware, and Chapter 37S, Volume 90,
Laws of Delaware. as to make the law
effective. This might be done by
making 1t incumbent upon the Grand
Juror Of each and every district in
this State to report to the State Treas
urer from time to time the names Of
all the persons in his district engaged
in distilling Intoxicating liquors.
EDUCATION.
One Of the gratifying features of
Delaware conditions is the genuine and
continued interest displayed in educa-
ton, and the willingness, not only OF
the people in their respective school
districts, but Of their representatives
in the General Assembly to provide
literally for this indispensable adjuvani
to good government. Moreover the
State possesses in its present official
control Of the public schools some OF
the best equipped and most efficient
custodians of the cause Of education
the State has ever possessed.
AS the President of the State Board
of Education, have kept in close touch
with all the members of the County
School Commissions and the Count,
superintendent, and as a result Of
this contact and interchange Of views
on this subject earnestly recommend
to your consideration the following
suggestions that greater prominence
may be given hereby than in a repor
from the State Board Of Education
alone:
Immediate steps should be taken t.
authorize by law the Capitalization o
rural schools. and the necessary ap
lpropriatlon made to secure the con
lveyance of pupils to and from thes
centralized school houses.
This proposition is not theoretical
but has been proved to be by actua
experience in other States of TIL
lgreatest benefit. by giving the advan
tages Of a graded school to rural com
munities without entailing much, /
any greater cost.
General elections should not be per
mitted to be held in school houses, an
should be specifically prohibited by law
I The penalty therefore should be tn
refusal of the payment Of the schoc
b dividend to the district that permit
its school building to be put to sue
luse. This prohibition should not j
any way apply to the holding OF scho'
} elections in school houses, but to othe
= and especially to General Elections.
u The damage to school properties an
the loss of time resulting thereby az
sufficient reasons for this prohibition
The school law should be amende
so that no commissioner or clerk sha
be eligible to the position of teache
and further amended by imposing
severe penalty upon any clerk of
school district who wilfully refuses
= comply with the law governing the dis
charge of his duties, thereby Intention
ally robbing the district of its dividen'
Better provisions should be made fC
the meeting places OF the County Schol
Commissions, and their compensate
should be increased to $4,000 per ar
mum.
Their compensation should be
, some degree adequate to the duti'
they are called upon to perform, an
if the State is not willing to do tn
= it had better abolish the Commission
inasmuch as ill-requited labor rare
q continues to be well performed.
!, Previous appropriations for the r,
1 pair of the old school houses and ere'
| ton of new ones for the use Of CO
o ored schools has been Of great benef
. land should be continued until commod
Gus and properly furnished building
for the use of this class Of our cit
zenship, are found throughout Il
State.
5 In fact. in my judgment the sta
8 should appropriate money for the repa
6 or even the erection anew OF scho
0 buildings for both white and color,
z schools. when by reason of the sea
1 city Of numbers and the poverty
e the districts they are unable to do
themselves.
These are some of the chief recon
. lmendations which the observation al
a the experience of the County Superb
= tendents, the County School Conmi
. sions, and the State Board Of Educate
q deem to be expedient.
In relation to other adjuncts to ed
cation I desire to cali your attentil
to the advancement of Delaware CO
Y llege in both popularity and eficienC
IS plainly shown by a marked increase
10 its matriculates and a higher standa
of attainment by it's graduates. tt
lbeing the only collegiate institution
y this state it should be literally su