Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-03-18

ish and game commission the $500
annual appropriation for fish propa.
cation.
The Senate passed the House bill
to appropriate $4,000 annually to the
IA. Association, to be expended for
q cultural and stock premiums
Representative Pool and Senators
Hwing, Gormley, Carter and Walker
spoke for the bill During the debate
Senator Blackstone said that while
appropriations were being voted Sus-
sex county wanted something. 1T
seems that New Castle and Kent coun-
ties can get any thing they want from
this body he said. while Sussex
county gets nothing want my
county TO know that / am trying to
stand by her"
The Senate also passed the House
bin 10 appropriate $1,000 a year TO
the State Library Commission for the
maintenance OF travelling libraries
Provision Is made in the bill for dis
trict library commissions in school
districts throughout the State to take
advantage OF State aid maintaining
free public libraries.
The House bill to standardize fruit
cups. baskets. hampers and barrels
the Senate IN substitute form, pro-
yiding for berry cups TO contain full
pint and quart, a peach basket one
half bushel. a hamper one bushel. a
barrel eleven pecks and the summer
apple basket seven-eighths Of a
bushel
Any cup or basket that is below
standard size must have its exact con-
tents marked in letters one inch In
heghth. The act would take effect
January 1. 1914
The Senate adopted a concurrent
resolution providing that no claims
or bills VIII be received by the claims
committee in either house unless they
are presented to a member of the
committee on or before Wednesday.
April 2.
The Senate passed unanimously in
amended form the bill advocated by
= Governor Miller and introduced by
Senator Reinhardt prescribing a
method Of changing persons names.
The bill provides that persons desir-
ing to have their names changed
must petition superior court who
shall have power to determine the
/ change desired. The declaration of a
change OF name must be published at
/ least once a week for three weeks.
! The petition to change the name OF
a minor person must contain tie sig
nature Of one parent or guardian and
! If the minor is more than IA years
! old OF the minor himself
Mr.. Gormley asked the object OF the
amendment which provides that only
/ one parent need sign a minors petit
tiOn Mr. Reinhardt said the amend
ment was added to fit cases where
/ the parents are separated and was
lot intended TO aid any particular
person
A number Of bills were stricken
from the Senate calendar at the re-
quest OF members who do not care
to have them called up.
It is expected that amendments will
be agreed upon without much della,
70 the Gormley bill and that it will
be passed I'm a form to meet the GOV
ernor's objections.
Among the bills tabled were those
assessing abutting property owners
In Wilmington for street improve
ments and limiting the working hours
Of clerks in the county Offices OF New
Castle county.
other hills passed by the Senate
were: .ai
Dr. Marshall's bin TO Incorporate
, the town OF Houston House billitg in
! crease Levy Court appropriation t.
, Leipsic This is the same bill tina
was vetoed by the Governor because
, of flaws in the daft
House bill appropriating $500 {,