Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-03-22


procure portraits of Oelaware's pub
lie men and appropriating $500 an
nually.
House joint resolution appointing a
commission to supervise reinterment
OF the remains OF Justice John
Thompson.
House bill to enable New Castle
County Levy Court to acquire the
Philadelphia turnpike.
HOUSE bill appropriating $500 to
the state meteorological laboratory.
House bill to tax dyers and scour
ers $10a year
House bill taxing manufacturers
1-50 Of one per cent on their gross
receipts
Nil Road Bill.
The Senate defeated by vote Of
eight yeas to six nays the House bill
TO appropriate 100000 year to the
improvement Of good roads under
provisions similar to the Shoemaker
law of Maryland
Representative Phillips. who intro
duced the bill in the House, told Of
how we'll such a law worked IL Mary
land. Senator Walls feared that the
bills provisions might interfere with
the Kent county law recently en-
acted.
Other Senators feared that the
State did not have the money TO ap-
propriate. After President pro TEN.
Marshall announced the vote Mr.
Walls voted yes" but his vote was
not recorded. Mr. Walls later NOV
ed a reconsideration. but his motion
was not entertained as he was not
on the prevailing side. The bill
would have required three-fourths
vote.
The Senate in addition passed the
following bills:
Senator Blackstones bill permit
ting services on the president, treas
urer or director of a corporation.
House bill providing for fractional
State licenses and fixing time they
shall expire. The same bill was de-
feated yesterday.
House bill authorizing Sussex
county to borrow $4,000 to construct
a drawbridge at Laurel
House bill taxing breweries on the
amount OF beer sold
Tax on Utilities.
The Senate. at the night session,
killed and later passed Mr.. Moneys
bill prescribing minimum amounts that
public utilities in Wilmington shall
be assessed. The measure had been
agreed upon by the public service
companies and City Council. 1t IS
believed that the assessments agreed
upon would amount to an increase Of
10 per cent. over the assessments now
made. The bill further authorized
the Board of Assessment. Revision
and Appeals to make tax maps. Six
Democrats voted against the bill af-
ter Senator Gormley had objected
that the tax map provision looked
like a joke.
John f. Neary. representing the
utility companies. spoke for the bill
Mr.. Gormley later moved for re-
consideration. He said that his OBJ
lection at first was that two sub
iects were included in the same bill
The bill was passed a second time
unanimously.
No Agriculture fetching.
The House killed Senator Mar
shall's bill to require the teaching of
agriculture in the public schools. Mr..
Grantland and DR.. Cooper saying the
Wilmington schools had all the
courses now that they can teach. Mr..
Derrickson said the same condition
prevailed in the rural schools and he
doubted whether the teachers knew
about the principles of bodybuilding.
The House passed the Senate bill
to create a Plumbers Examining
Board for Wilmington to be composed
of five members. Representatives
Mooney and Cooper and William w.
Knowles spoke in behalf of IT,
The House passed the Senate
amendment to the House bill to re-
ouire railway corporations to file
their financial statements to stock
holders with the Secretary of State
promptly, with a penalty Of $1,000
fine up to $4,000 fine for fairure to do
So
Killed By the House.
Among the bills killed by tho
House we're: the House bill to in
crease the compensation of members
of the Legislature Cl2 yeas to 70
nays) and the Senate bill to increase
the salaries of deputies in New Castle
County Offices from $1,000 to $500 a
year.
The House after some discussion