Evening journal., 1909-03-12
MANY NEW BILLS
ARE PRESENTED
This, the Last Day for Intro
5 duCing New Business in
Legislature
ACT PROVIDES FOR
SUNDAY BALL HERE

DOVER. Del, March 12-This was
the last day for the Introduction Of new
business IN the Legislature, and many
new bills were presented in Senate and
House. A greater part of to-day was
devoted to the introduction of bills.
Among the important measures pre-
sented were:
To permit the playing Of Sunday
baseball IN Wilmington.
To make the marriage Of a person
under the age OF 16 without the con-
sent Of the parents a sufficient ground
for the divorce of such person.
BY Senator Reed, prividing penalty
of from 81 to S. upon owners who per-
NIT fowls to stray upon other peoples
property.
BY Senator Sparks. providing that
the substance Of an indictment, instead
of the entire Indictment, shall be read
to accused persons when araigned in
court.
by Senator Reed, to increase the sal
ary OF the Sussex county school super
intendent to $500 alyear.
BY Senator Corbit, to make the col
lector of State revenue a special con-
stable.
The Senate passed Senator Ander-
sons bill providing for the search Of
properties i'm which It was suspected
that liquor was being sold illegally.
The vote was years. Senators Anderson,
Barnard, Drexler, Dutton, Finn, Hart,
Monahan, Reed, Sheldrake, Sparks-10,
Nays-Senators Connor, Corbit, Illiffe
Morrison, Rowland--5. Senator Sparks
voted yes in order TO move a recon
sideration.
The Senate passed Senator Ander-
sons bill Ito regulate the sale of liquor
for medicinal purposes in Kent and
Sussex counties by a vote OF to 6.
Later Senators Drexler and Shell
rake, who voted for the bill, changed
ielr minds, had the vote reconsidered
nd the bill was killed by a vote of
o s. Senators Drexler and Sheldrake
hange dtheir attitude because they
thought the bill should apply to New
Castle county as well.
The Senate passed the following
House bills;
Manufacturers tax bill; taxing the
distribution depots or stores of non
resident concerns; requiring canvassers
and solicitors TO take out a license. and
for the condemnation Of land FOR canal
routes.
The House passed the following
House bills:
Relating TO the compensation OF col
Iectors of road tax for New Castle
county; repeating the law that pro-
hibits churches holding real estate that
yields an income of more than $500 a
year: providing that property owned
by churches or religious associations
for investment purposes shall not he
exempt from taxation; for the proteC-
ton of oysters in L.eipsic river; making
June % moving day in Wilmington;
| Kent county good roads bill; taxing
/ each transmitter OF a telephone com
pany 25 cents for the use of the state,
bill regulating curb stoue markets in
Wilmington.
In the House the bills TO make one
Judge a quorum in certain cases in
county courts were reported on theil
merits.
The bill 70 establish a Juvenile Court
in Wilmington was reported on Il.
merits. and the bin providing for tho
examination and resignation of trained
lurses was reported favorably.
In the Changers delegation here yester
dav TO advocate the bill to change the ia,
collection 81 stem in rural New Castl
county were Former Representative lsaa
Richards, W. z. Peach, S. Frank Ewari
Philip Pierson, William Moore, L. '
whiteman, John Nevin, Horace Dill
worth. r. T. Buckingham and Ere
Brady.
Speaker Cooper, OF the House, who IS
member Of the State Revenue and Taxa
ton Commission. voted yesterday agains
the commissions high liquor license bil
When the vote had been taken
Speaker Cooper asked permission Z
make a statement before he announces
his vote. He said he was a membe
of the Revenue and Taxation Com
mission but not present the day tn
bill was agreed upon. He u7derstoo
the high license bill las presented wa
a compromise measure the Origina
figure considered by the Commission
being $1,000. Some members of tn
Commission insisted that the hcens
should be placed at $1,000, tho same a
the license in Baltimore eventually wi
be-" said Speaker Cooper. He sal
he voted to report it favorably becaus
the committee of the whole had de
cided on a favorable report ana h
had hoped that somebody would ole
further compromise measure wit
figures lower than those in the pendin
bill. He thought an increase of on
hundred per cent in the license fee
be too much, although the license
might stand some increase. lie re