Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-01-23
70 REVENUE
BILLS In The
LEGISLATURE
Commissions Recommended
tons introduced by Rep
reSentative Cooper
Yesterday
WOULD AID RAILWAY
TO GET TO WHARF

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del. January 23.--Repre-
sentative Cooper. who is a member Of
the State Revenue and Taxation Com
mission, yesterday afternoon intro
duced in the House twenty bills
recommended by the commission to
increase the states revenues Most of
the bills were referred to the commit
tee on revenue and taxation,and later
the revenue commission will be given
a hearing in advocacy Of the measures.
which were prepared by Philip l..
Garrett. under instructions OF the
commission f..
One of the bills is to enact a new
manufacturers tax Of one-fftieth Of
one per cent of the gross receipts.
Another measure is TO increase from
$25 to 5000 a year, the special license
for the sale Of liquors, to be drunk off
the premises, and giving broader SELL
ing powers under that license.
One of the revenue commission bills
recommended, but not IN the batch
presented yesterday, Is that to impose
an annual license fee Of 500 year ON
clubs selling liquors A list OF the
bills introduced was as follows:
An act requiring horse dentists to
pay an annual license fee of ten dol
lars to the state
An act to authorize the Secretary Of
State to furnish certified copies of
certain acts to public officers.
An act to provide for the licensing
of barber shops So for the first chair
and 81 for each additional chair.
An act in relation to county as
SCISSORS for the several hundreds in
New Castle county, and to provide for
the appointment Of an assessors
clerk Superior Court to appoint as
SCISSORS instead Of voters to elect
them)
An act in relation to county asses
soFs for the several hundreds in Kent
county. Superior Court to appoint)
An act in relation to county asses
sors for the several hundreds in Sus-
sex county Superior Court to APP
point)
An act defining certain duties of the
Clerk of the Peace.
An act to amend Chapter 6S Of tn,
Revised Code of the State Of Della
ware. concerning retailers OF goods
and peddlers.
An act to provide for the licensing
of chiropodists. (S5 year,
An act 10 raise revenue and to pro
vide for the licensing Of dyers anC
scourers. $50 a year,
An act to raise revenue and TO pro
vide forr the licensing Of mercantile
agencies. (S10 a year,
An act to raise revenue and to pro
vide for the licensing OF public baths
$50 a year,
An act defining the license TO b.
paid by merchant tailors. tDehninl
such tailors as merchants, moi man
ufacturers.)
An act to raise revenue and to pro
vide for the licensing of laundries
1925 a year,
An act to amend Chapter So Of tn
Revised Code of 1898. by providing
penalty for neglecting to take on
any license for a period OF thirty day
alter the time prescribed by law 70
taking out the same.
An act to amend Chapter lS, Nolum
%, Laws of Delaware, entitled an &C
TO amend the laws of this State II
relation to the Taxation Of Manufac
turers.
An act providing for the Licensin
Of individuals, Associations of Per
sons. Firms and Corporations havin
their principal place of business with
out the State. but maintaining withi
this State. branch stores. ware houses
tr4 al fAr fhA IN
Of products. goods wares, merchan
disc and fixing a rate of taxatio
therefore $50 a year for each sue
station or depot)
An act to amend Chapter 64I
Volume 10. Laws Of Delaware entitle
and act to further amend Chapte
AIS. Volume,14, Laws OF Delaware
$500 a year for the privilege of sell
j ing to be drunk Off the premises.)
An act to raise revenue and TO pre-
vide for the licensing of architects
$50 a year,
An act to Raise Revenue and
, provide for the licensing of Bill Pos
ers or Distributing Of Samples (S5
+ year,
An act TO raise revenue for the Stat
and to provide for the licensing {
livery stables. $50 a year,
An act in relation to assessors r.
Quiring them to make mercantile al
sessment as well as of real and PEI
sonal property.
: An act to raise revenue and to pr,
, vide for the licensing of manicurist
= tS5 a year,
, Would Help Railway.
) Senator Ewing gave notice that I
. will introduce a bill 20 amend Il
. general incorporation law so that OF
. railway company can use the tract
. OF another company to get to a publ
. station or wharf. The bill will slip
> late the conditions under which sue
. tracks shall be for common use. III
. object Of the bill is to permit Il
{. Peoples Railway Company to get
= Fourth street wharf in Wilmingt,
. and also would enable any other RAJ
= way company to use the tracks of a
other for a block or two in order
convey passengers to or from a publ
#. wharf or depot
Representative Phillips gave n
tice of bill to provide for the il
: provement OF public highways in Su
sex county IL is his intention
apply the Maryland system. und
which the State and county pay
share Of the road building cost a
the owners of property abutting
the road to be improved also pay
share of the cost A sufficient nui
Der OF property owners by petit
may secure the Improvement Of {
signated highway.
Representative Wagamon introdt
ed his bill authorizing Milton to be
row $4,000 with which to establi
q u-ator works evstem