Evening journal., 1913-03-06
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heir disapproval Of the measure Mr..
Downes said the bill would lower the
standard of Delaware compared with
other states.
Summer School for Teachers.
The house bill providing for the
of a summer school for
teachers at Delaware College was
passed unanimously by the Senate. II
provides a course of study for FIVE
weeks TO be prescribed by the college
trustees and the state board of educa-
tion. Tuition would be free TO all
teachers and prospective teachers.
The bill carries an appropriation of
Sl2OO a year. Senator Walls explain
ed such a school Is needed inasmuch
as past summer schools have not been
satisfactory because the expense for
teachers was too great Senator Ewing
said that he favored the bill because
he thought Il would remedy reported
evils in the present summer schools.
Monster Petition in House.
Thomas X Shannon Of Wilmington,
arrived at the State House this after
noon with a monster petition urging
the Legislature to pass Representative
Moneys bill limiting the hours of
om1loyment for women TO ten hours
daily. The petition contained more
than five thousand signature, shan
non says. which were obtained by
himself and others in and near VIII
mington The petitions have been
backed against muslin, many yards OF
which were used for that purpose and
the whcle makes an imposing array
The petition will be presented to the
legislature this afternoon
Substitute Child Labor Bill.
The Senate passed a substitute for
the permanent child labor commits
sion bill introduced by Senator CORN
ley. The original bill would have
given the commission the power to
suspend child labor laws and remove
child labor inspectors. The suspen-
sion Is omitted in the substitute and
the commission could appoint and re-
move only those inspectors whose ap-
polntment Is not otherwise provided.
The commission would consist of
eight persons 70 be appointed by the
supreme court judges. Three OF them
would be appointed from Wilmington,
one from rural New Castle county and
two each from Kent and Sussex coun-
ties.
Miss Emily p. Bissell explained that
the bill was purely an administrative
measure and would nc in as we'll with
existing child labor laws as with pro-
posed legislation. Tho commissioners
would receive no compensation. The
bill carries an annual appropriation
OF $3.50 for the commissions expenses.
10 Improve County Roads.
The Senate passed senator Walls
bin for the permanent Improvement of
the county roads. It's provisions arc
limited to ave years duration A
county road engineer and hundred SUI
pervisors are provided TO direct road
/ construction Abutting owners would
I be assessed 10 per cent. of the cost oi
/ improvements made when petitioned tG
the Levy Court The amount to be ex
pended each year is limited to $4,000
and not more than $4,000 shall be ex
pended for a mile of road work. Othe
bills passed by the Senate were.
Senator Reinhardt's bill permitting
vicc-president to sign conveyances
House bill appropriating $4,000 Z
year for the improvement of coloreC
school houses
House bill authorizing the town o
Georgetown to purchase new site
I for a high school provided the pur
chase is endorsed by a referendum.
House bill limiting to six miles al
hour the speed Of automobiles over
drawhridgcs
House bill repeating the law Great
ling the Office of Highway commission
er for Kent county.
Action was deferred in the senat,
on the howe bill prescribing th'
method Of dividing the cost Of con
structng and repairing county 5ridge
over streams forming countl
boundaries. The bill provides that /
the counties agree on such bridg
work the cost shall be divided equal.
and if an agreement cannot be reach
cd the chancellor shall be empower
ed to settleS1he questions la dispute
When the bill was called up for pas
sage Senator Ewing said that h
would prefer to hear from the Lev
Court before final action was taker
He argued that New Castle count
had paid more than its share for III
construction OF some bridges on con
dition that the major portion of th
cost of repairs be borne by Ken
county and he feared the pending bi
IL passed would interfere with thes
agreements Mr. Ewing also sal
that Kent county had refused TO pa
bin OF $500 for boundary hridg
work Senator Walls said such bi
had been received by Kent county br
SC was not itcmized and had not bee
paid for that reason. Mr. Wall
agreed TO have action deferred.