Evening journal., 1911-03-08
BILL ABOUT
PAWNBROKERS
Hours in Which They Can
Do Business Are
Limited
REFERENDUM MEASURE
REPORTED ON ITS MERITS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, March S.-Representauve
ellis bill to regulate the business OF
pawn brokers was reported favorably
to the House this morning in substl-
tlte form. The original bill provided
for a license of $500 for pawn brokers,
but the substitute fixes $3.50 as the IL
cense fee. It also permits pawn
brokers to charge up TO twenty-five
per cent. interest in any one year, and
restricts them TO doing business be-
tween the hours Of 6 a. m. and s
q. m. only.
Representative White introduced a
bill to change the voting place Of the
Fifth Election District of Christana
hundred from Mt Pleasant hotel TO
the DUPONT school.
Employers Liability Law.
REPRESENTATIVE Gormley this morn
ing introduced a joint resolution pro-
viding for a commission of six per-
sons to investigate the subject Of an
Employers Liability law. to study the
laws of other States on this subject
and to frame an employers liability
bill to be reported to the legislature
Two years hence.
Two of the commissioners are to be
appointed by the Governor, two by the
President pro TEN. OF the Senate and
two by the Speaker Of the House. and
m appropriation OF $1,000 is made for
expenses.
Initiative and Referendum.
The House bill proposing a consti-
tutional amendment to establish the
Initiative and referendum was report
ed to the House on its merits this
morning.
Representative Tebo introduced a
bill authorizing the Board of Educa-
ton of Dover to borrow $25,000 for the
enlargement of the Dover High School.
He also introduced a bill providing
that no more than twenty-five ment-
ally unbalanced children from this
State shall be maintained I'm outside
institutions by the State and also lin
iting to $4,000 the appropriation for
this purpose.
Representative Swan introduced a
bill exempting the soldiers rest room
at Delaware from taxation for twenty
years and appropriating $500 from the
state to the rest room. Representative
ellis introduced a bill providing thai
money secured on forfeited bail bonds
shall go into the State treasury.
Bills Reported FavOrabIy.
Among the bills reported favorabll
in the House were:
House bill to increase the salaries o
the State Judges; House bill authoriz'
ing Kent county to fund its floating
debt: House bill authorizing Kent
county to pay members of the assess.
ment revision board.
The House bill to put bailiffs Of the
courts on a salary was reported un'
favorably.
The House. passed the House bill
Rbolishing allowances for deficits n
the Sussex county offices. Representa-
tive Hammond advocated the bill II
the interests of economy. The Housl
also passed the House bill extending
the time for the Mercantile Trust Com
Sjany to begin business.
No Tax on Auto Values.
The House defeated Representative
Moore's bill for the assessment anC
taxation for county purposes of auto
mobiles according to their valuation
But three votes we're recorded for the
bill.
The Senate called up but deferred
final action on the House bill for tn,
State to pay S195 to the Delaware CITY
public schools, and 81 O53 to the New
Castle schools. 1t being money those
schools failed to receive because thel
did not file a list of pupils at th'
proper time.
Representative Wilson and Attornel
Janvier explained the bill, but som,
opposition developed and as six mem
bers were either absent OF paired fina
action was deferred until tomorrow.
Old Jail 10 Go.
The Senate passed the House bill
to authorize the trustees Of the marke
square to tear down the old New Cas-
lie Jail and Jail walls, but to leavl
standing the Sheriff's Office and the ole
Court House.
favorable report was made to thi
Senate on Senator Films bill to ere
ate new election district In Christi
ana hundred, with a voting place a
Newport
Favorable report was also made {,
the Senate on the House bill to chang
the voting place in the Third Election
District OF the Tenth Representativ
District in Sussex county.