Evening journal., 1909-02-09
COLLEGE CHARTER
BILL CAUSES STIR
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has title to the property and said that
none OF ne College property could be
sold without the consent of the State.
In reply to a question by Senator
Drexlcr he said that If the College
should be abandoned or the property
sold the state and none OF the truss
tees would get the proceeds of IT, SEN
ator Sparks said he saw no valid rea-
son 70 object to two years considera-
ton before passing perpetual char
ter, and Senator Conner said that if
the trustees had attended to their
business there would have been no ne
cessity for the present situation
The substitute bin was adopted and
then was passed by the Senate without
a dissenting vote.
The Senate, after much discussion,
passed Senator Drexler's bill increas-
ing the graded school facilities in the
State.
State House Subject Up.
In the House. Representative Con-
nelly introduced and had referred a
joint resolution directing the public
building committees Of both branches
20 procure as soon as possible plans
for properly enlarging and remodeling
the State House through competitive
bidding. the competition TO be limited
TO Delaware architects.
Bills Given Notice Of.
Among the bills given notice of were
the following:
! BY Representative Hopkins, to en-
courage the building OF electric rail-
roads in this State by providing that
the State should take 100000 worth of
stock I'm such an enterprise.
BY Representative Soper. changing
the time for the appointment OF road
overseers In Kent county from March
to February.
BY Representative Truitt. to repeal
the law that prevents cunning for wild
ducks from motor boats.
By Representative Spruance to
amend the election laws for Whining
to nto conform 70 the proposed change
OF election day from the first Saturday
to the first Tuesday IN June.
BY Representative Soper. good roads
bill for Kent county, increasing the
amount the Levy Court may raise for
roa improvements and also increasing
the State appropriation TO Kent county.
BY Representative Donoho, providing
for the purchase OF a new watch boat
and re-survey Of the oyster grounds
of the state.
Representative Pharo introduced the
| grangers' bin TO abolish the rural hun
dred tax collectors in New Castle coun-
~ and providing for one man TO coll
lect all the taxes in the rural county.
The Senate passed Senator Sparks
bill re-incorporating the Equitable
Guarantee and Trust Company and
giving II a perpetual charter.
The House passed two bills in rela-
ton TO the Seaford public schools auth
orlzing the borrowing Of $4,000 and in
creasing the tax that it may be raised
TO $1,000. The House also passed the
bin to refund portion OF dlstillers
license fees that were paid In Kent
and Sussex counties.
The Senate and House will meet in
joint session on Thursday morning TO
consider revenue and taxation bills.
The Democratic members of the
Legislature held a conference this
morning and decided 20 call mp their
simpllfed ballot bill within a few days.
Temperance advocates say that the
re-aubmission bin for New Castle coun-
~ viii be called up in the House to-
morrow morning and they are en-
deavorlng TO get a final vote on IL in
that body Opponents of the bill will
endeavor 10 have II re-committed.
State House Rill IN.
Representative Soper yesterday after
noon gave notice in the House of a bill
to remove the state House and State ad.
ministrative offices TO Wilmington. Az
the same time Senator Conner was intro.
ducing his bill providing for a new Ad'
mlnistration Building and law library al
Dover. His bill calls for an issuance OF
$4,000 Of state bonds 10 pay for tbs
building. and a commission is created &C
! carry out the project. The commissioners
named IN the bill are Governor Pennewill
former Governor Preston Lea, forme
Governor Ebe w. Tunnel Senator
Thomas NJ. Monaghan. Senator A. b
Conner, Senator Alexander =. Corbit
Representatives Townsend, Lanerty ant
Il Speaker T. o. Cooper. OF course Repre-
y sentative Soper has no intention of try
ia ing to have the state Capitol removed 4
Wilmington. The notice was given mere
~ as a joke on Senator Conner.
r Unfavcrablo Report.
< The bin giving the judges Of the Stat
r. courts discretion IN imposing corpora
ID punishment upon persons sentenced {
81 cases where corporal punishment "a par
r.. OF the penalty was reported unfavorabl
ID to the Senate yesterday afternoon.
Id Senator Finn yesterday afternoon Offer
BY ed a resolution. which was adopted b
both branches, providing for a joint Gel,
ID bration OF the centennial Of Lncon's brit
Is. at o'clock on the afternoon OF Februar
IN 18TH.
Senator Finn gave notice Of a bill II
ID earding the liability OF common carrier
r. 1t provides that contributory negligenc
&c on the part of an employee who IS injure
shall not bar him from recovering dan
ages where such negligence was slight
ID New Castle County Taxes.
Mr. Representative Phnro gave notice OF
es bill TO provide change In the method
collecting county taxes I'm New Cast
h. county. II is bill being prepared by Il
- Changers, and is designed to abolish n
present tax collectors Of the differei
M hundreds and to provide for the collectio
ev Of all taxes by the receiver OF taxes an
county treasurer. Two additional clerl
ed are 10 be provided Tor the receiver
cd taxes. and the latter Is TO sit at stat,
an times in the different hundreds to recel'
taxes.
Cd Representative Lanferty will introdu
81 bill providing a tax Of S25 a year
- pool tables used IN public pool rooms
Bills given notice of yesterday afte
,r- noon included the following BY Repr
e. sentative Truit, TO reincorporate the toy
OF Alillshoro; by Representative Iode
ham. authorizing tho town OF Bridgevl
TO issue bonds for waterworks improy
ments; by Representative Jackson. /