Evening journal., 1913-03-10
WHOLESALE
LICENSE FOR
ALL SALOONS
Bill as Passed by
House Would Give VIII
mingtOn Portion OfFee
OF PRIVILEGE
IS OPTIONAL WITH DEALERS

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
STATE HOUSE, DOVER, Del, Mar.
1O.-By a vote of Is to 6. the House
this morning passed Representative
Cooper's bill to enable any licensed
saloonkeeper in the State to procure
a wholesale license, a share of which
license fee shall be given to the city
of Wilmington If the license shall be
issued for that city. Should the meas
ure be enacted it would mean several
thousand dollars additional revenue
for Wilmington annually.
The bill provides that any licensed
liquor dealer could take out an addi-
tional wholesale merchants license
for S175 year authorizing him to
sell liquor in quantities up to three
and one-half gallons to be drunk off
the premises. The procurement OF
the additional license is optional with
each dealer and the bill does not
abolish the present S25 bottle license.
OF the S175. If the saloon is within
Wilmington. the city shall receive
500 and the State SIS. If the saloon is
within the rural county the State
shall receive S75 and the Levy Court
of that county 500. Representative
Cooper explained the bill"
The vote was: Yeas-Messrs. AL
len. Bennett, Cook, Cooper, Cummins,
Derrickson. Hammond. Hirsch. HOus-
ton, Layton, Lingo. Mooney, McDon-
old, Records, Reynolds, Schneider
Stoeckel, Speaker Holcomb-1S
Nays-Messrs. King. Lattomus,
Lynch, Mccormick, Pool. SWAMI.
Within a few minutes this morning
the House passed three appropriation
measures. The Senate, however. is
accommodating all appropriation bills
coming from the House until the total
amount Of appropriations desired is
ascertained, so that some of the items
| can be pruned IL necessary in the
interest of economy.
Aid for State Fair.
The House passed Representative
Pools bill appropriating $4,000 an
nually TO the Delaware State Fair. the
vote being % to 8. Mr.. Pool explain
ed that the appropriation is merely in
line with what other states are doine
and is to be expended in premiums tC
exhibitors.
$4,000 for College Improvements.
\ The House also passed Represen
tatiYe Hoffecker's l--appropriatinl
$1,000 to complete the swimming poo
at Delaware College and Repreecssf4
tive Schneider's bill appropriatini
$4,000 for the erection Of a hos
cholera serum laboratory, green.
houses and improvements to othel
buildings on Delaware College farm
Written Permission to Remove Hay.
Representative Barnard's bill pro,
viding that a tenant must have writ
ten permission from the landlord fol
the removal Of hay and growing crops
| from demised premises was passed
/ by the House by vote OF Is to .. II
applies to Kent and Sussex counties
only.
Favor Family Auto License.
The House passed Senator Wall'f
bill providing for the issuance of Z
family automobile license at SO a veal
permitting any member of a family
above the age Of 16 TO drive tn,
family automobile.
The House also passed Senator viii
liams bill providing for the issuanc,
of fractional automobile licenses. tn,
fee being S3.75 for a license from JUL
/ to December / and $3.50 from Sep
tember / to December /.
The bill also provides for an SS.5I
family license for automobiles.
The House passed Senator vii
liam's bill authorizing Kent count.
Levy Court to morrow $S5.00O to re
fund the floating indebtedness Of tn
county.
Councilmen Norman c. Downs ant
James Kane were given a hearing
early this afternoon on the Whining
ton taxation bills.
William P, Bancroft president o
the Wilmington Park commission j
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