Evening journal., 1909-03-26
TOEND MARATHON
OF LEGISLATURE
Rush as General Assembly
Enters Upon its Final
SprintS
spoeLaI b THE EvENfNa IorRNAL

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del. March 26-Judging
from the way the Senate and House
passed bills yesterday and last night.
the enrolling clerks and their assist
ants will have to develop extreme
speed to engross all the enactments
by Wednesday next, the time for final
adjournment. All bills that have
passed both branches must be enrolled
and the enrolled copies must be sign
ed by the presiding officers of both
branches before the Legislature adj
iourns if they are TO receive the Gov
ernors signature and become laws. It
is the intention to consider no business
excepting claims and appropriation
measures after tonight, the financial
bills being a special order for We'd
nesday next until which time a recess
shall be taken.
Dog Registration Bill.
The Senate yesterday afternoon pass
ed Representative Bradford's bill pro-
viding for the registration of all dogs
CANNES that are not registered may be
taken up and killed or may be shot as
they run about the country.
Tho Senate also passed the House
bill making the secretary Of the State
Board of Health the registrar Of vital
statistics throughout the State. With
an amendment the Senate passed the
Sanitory Live Stock bill. The amend
ment cuts out the provision for State
veterinarian. but provides an emerg-
ency fund OF $1,000 to be drawn upon
by the Governor to meet expenses in
stamping out disease among cattle and
in enforcing quarantines. The amend
cd bill was sent to the House for con-
currence.
Kill connelly's Bill.
Among the bills killed by the Senate
was that of Mr.. Connolly to prohibit
couples living together as common-law
husband and wife and the House bill
10 give justices of the peace jurisdic-
tion in game law cases.
The House yesterday afternoon re-
considered the vote by which the bill
appropriating $4,000 10 buy a site for
and build a State Armory at Dover
! was killed.
on motion of Mr. Spruance. tho
House yesterday afternoon tC
expedite business suspended rule
that prohibited a bill being called NJ
for final action the day on which Il
was reported from committee. Mr.
NI3rockson objected to the suspension.
High Liquor Licenses.
After some discussion. the Hous,
without dissent passed a bill defining
wholesale, mercantile liquor dealers
and liquor bottlers' licenses. BY 9
! vote of % yeas and no nays the Housl
/ passed = bill to fix the wholesale liquol
License of $500 "A year and the mercan
tile and bottlers licenses at $500
year.
Both bills were fathered by Repre-
sentative Hall and were measures from
the Revenue and Taxation Commits
sion. The commission recommended
that the wholesale license be $500 an,
the mercantile and battlers' license b
5000 a year. At noon to-day the Hous
committee on Revenue and Taxation
had the bill recommitted and rcportel
IL back with the mercantile and bat
tiers license be $500. Several members
including Messrs. Reeves and Spru
ance. objected to the $500 feature. say
ag they understood it to be highe
an the Revenue Commission ha
commended Speaker Cooper. as
,mber of the Revenue Commission
IS called on to explain the commits
ms attitude. He said that the com
iission at meeting yesterday had de
ided on a. $500 wholesale license and
1900 bottlers' and mercantile liquo
license. but the House committee o
revenue and taxation at noon raise
the latter to $500. Chairman Hall, !