Evening journal., 1911-03-24
BUSY MORNING
In The SENATE
Revenue and Tax Commission
Continued for Two
Years
WILL COLLECT THE
CAPITATION TAX NOW
Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.


Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del. March 24-When tho
Senate met at 10 o'clock this morning
Il was little earlier than Chaplain
Lightbourne expected and he was not
there.
Senator Marshall led In the recital
Of the Lords prayer In which the Sem
ators Joined
The Senate passed the House bill to
perpetuate for two more years the
Revenue and Taxation Commission ot
Delaware appropriating $4,000 for its
expenses II had been reported un-
/ favorably, aud Senator Anderson said
he had thought the commission had
outlived it's usefulness.
Colonel George w. Sparks. a men-
! her Of the Commission. appeared be-
/ fore the Senate and explained that the
/ Commissions recommendations had
I brought an increase of $4,000 annu-
ally into the State treasury, and that
Il is in the midst OF important invest-
cations that may bring a larger in-
crease 20 the State revenues. No
votes were cast against the bill While
the Commission expended $4,000 dur
Ing the last two years and made about
forty recommendations, not bill
recommended by II has passed tho
Legislature as yet. nor has any mein-
ber OF the Commission appeared be-
fore the Legislature to advocate those
measures.
The Senate passed the House bill
requiring all inmates OF the New Cas-
tie County Hospital who are physlcal-
" able to do such work as may ne
assigned them or TO be sent to tbs
workhouse.
Trust COMPANY Incorporated.
The Senate passed the House bill
Incorporating the Greenwood Trust
Company and naming as incorporators
John w. Todd. Charles w Harper,
John r. Barwick, David Pennewill.
Samuel c. Atherton. J. Frank Porter,
Jabez T. Wiley and Frank Il. Elliott.
The Senate passed a substitute for
b. a bill passed la, night appropriating
a $4,000 instead OF $4,000 for 1911 and
$4,000 for 1912 10 Delaware Colleg'
on condition that the "Old Board 0
q Trustees" shall surrender its title an
n rights IN the college 10 the State.
" The Senate passed the House bi
!, for the State 10 reimburse New Ca
tie county $500 for making q mercar
s. tile assessment The Senate passe
2 the House bill giving railway an
t railroad interpretations express powe
n to lease their lines under the genera
0 incorporation law
4 Collect Capltation Tax.
5 The House passed Representative
r. Hart's bill to enable the collection of
= a capitauon tax for State and county
r purposes by the attachment Of wages
? OF persons who do not pay. The
Senate cut down the Gettysburg hf-
% tieth anniversary celebrations COM
missions appropriation TO 5000 and
= the House concurred in II.
The House passed the Senate bill in
, creaslng the salary OF the clerk to the
! Insurance Commission from 5000 tc
: $500 a year.
The House passed the Senate bill
Z increasing the salary OF the State IA
q brarian from $500 10 $1,000 a year.
The House passed the House pro
. posed amendment to the constitution
= to provide that certain errors or omis'
r sions in the Journals Of the Legisla'
o ture shall not impair the validity o.
the bills passed and thus avert con
ditions like those which upset th'
Wilmington election law.