Evening journal., 1911-02-28
DOG TAX BILL
IS DEFEATED
After Amendments Senator
Ewing Refused to Support
His Own Measure
BILL TO CHANGE THE
TAX ON CITY BREWERS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Feb. 2S.-After burdening
down with amendments Senator Ew
ing's bill to tax dogs throughout the
State for school purposes. the Senate
this morning unanimously killed the
bill. Senator Ewing himself would
not vote for It after it had been
amended. Il proposed a tax of so
cents on male dogs and 81 on female
dogs in the State outside of incorpor-
ated cities and towns for school pur-
poses. One of the amendments Of
fered by Senator Finn and adopted
designated the president or secretary
of the school boards TO shoot dogs
running at large on which the tax
had not been paid or it enabled them
to designate some other persons to
kill the dogs A penalty of a fine
from 5000 or $500 hundred dollars
was provided on the president or sec
retary of the board for not fulfill
ing these duties. After this and some
other amendments had been adopted,
the Senate proceeded to defeat the
bill, Mr.. Ewing himslf not having
the nerve to support it with the dir
ferent provisions tackled on to 1t.
The Senate also defeated Senator
Marshalls bill to protect land own
injurious surveyors
Enclosures for MOtcrmen.
favorable report was made to the
Senate on the House bill requiring
railway companies TO have inclosed
Yestibules for mOtOrmon and conduc-
tors during the winter months.
When the Senate bill increasing the
speed limit in rural district TO tWen-
ty-four miles an hour was brought
up in the House, Representative
White moved to have it recommitted
as he desired to amend it, His idea
Is TO abolish the speed limit entirely
and TO make riders responsible for
careless or reckless running, based on
the complaints -ef spectators.
The House passed Representative
Hammonds bill revesting i'm Sussex
county title TO the old insane build
ing three miles from Georgetown. It
was abandoned as an insane depart
ment in 1889 when the State Hospital
at Farnhurst was established. and it
is desired that Sussex county shall be
given undisputed title 50 that the
building may be used as an almshouso
for colored persons.
Records Of C0rOners.
The House passed Representative
Whites bill requiring corOners to keep
an official record and description Os
all cases investigated by them and OF
inquests held and similar matters.
The House passed Representative Mes
sick's bill TO protect game in Sus-
sex county by requiring dogs TO be
muzzled from March ] to October
under penalty of S. fine on the owner
Mr. Messick explained that the object
Of the bill is TO protect game.
The House passed Representative
Davis bill giving the Clerk Of the
Peace of Sussex county vote in the
Levy Court of that county. Joseph L.
Cahall explained that the object Of the
bill is to give the clerk of the peace
vote in order to prevent deadlocks
occurring in any future Levy Court
There are ten members of the Sussex
Levy Court which is now controlled
By the Republicans
The House also passed Representa-
tive Robbins bill prohibiting the tax
ing Of oysters less than three and one
half inches long from Broadkiln river
or the taking OF more than seven bush
els in one day.
The House passed the Senate bin
providing for special tax to be levied
in ENe Greek hundred Sussex coua-
ty, for re Improvement OF roads.
The HousS also passed the House
bill reincorporatjng the Board of Ed
ucation at Camden. A favorable report
was made to the House on Representa-
tive COoper's bill providing for "a re-
tirement fund for the school teachers
of Wilmington
Several New Bills.
Among the bills introduced i'm the
House this morning We're: BY Or. n.
.. Cooper, enabling nonresident cor
porations to convey real estate TO
tax brewers on the amount Of beer
sold instead of the amount brewed as
al present
BY Representative Messick To pay
the Millsboro public schools S76.4 uu-
claimed school dividends.
BY Representative Davis: Providing
for an $4,000 bond issue TO build an
addition to the Sussex county Court
House
BY Representative Hammond: Pro-
viding for $500 appropriation TO erect
n marker al Valley Forge TO the Della
ware soldiers of the Continental line
during the revolution
Some of the members of the Legisla-
ture at noon by invitation visited the
Palmer Home for Old Folks i'm Dover.