Evening journal., 1913-03-14
LEGISLATURE
NEARING end
Both Houses Agree to Final
Adjournment on
April 5
DEMOCRATS ABANDON
HOPE OF LONG RECESS
speeial to THE EvENING JoURNAL

oh'Sidi W iilb EN ENlN0 JOOlN4NAl~
DOVER, Del, March f4.-Follow-
ing the conference Of Democratic
members of the Senate and House
yesterday, Representative Hammond
in the afternoon reported out of the
committee on revised statutes a con-
current resolution fixing March 81,
Friday next, as a time for shutting
on legislative business. excepting ap-
preparations and claims bills. and for
a recess from that date to April z, on
which adjournment shall be taken
The Senate resolution fixed April 4 as
a date for adjournment The reso-
luton was passed unanimously by
the House and then was sent to the
Senate
This means that the Democratic
members have about abandoned their
plan Of trying to force a recess of the
Legislature for several months. in
stead OF an adjournment in order that
they might elect a Democratic United
States Senator should Senator du-
Pont retire. Evidently the Democrats
have come to the conclusion that Sen
ator DUPONT is not to resign, which
he has stated repeatedly.
To facilitate the handling if busi-
ness without delay, all measures from
the House to the Senate and from
Senate to House will be considered by
both branches in committee of the
whole all of next week. This means
that no bills coming into one branch
from the other will be referred to
the standing committees but will be
acted on by the entire membership
in committee of the whole. The resO-
luton adopted by the House is:
BE it resolved by the House of
Representatives the Senate concur
ring therein, that the General Assem-
bly, shall upon Friday, the twenty-frst
day of March, A. d. 1913. take a re-
cess until Monday, April 7th, and
that it shall adjourn sine die on Tues
day, April Sth, and
BE it further resolved that COM
mencing on Monday. March 18th, and
for the balance OF this session of the
General Assembly that all Bills, Reso-
lutinOs, etc, received by the House
fro mthe Senate shall be considered
by the House sitting as a Committee
of the Whole, and that all Bills, Reso-
lutions, etc, received by the House
from the Senate shall be considered
the Senate sitting as a Committee of
the Whole; and
BE it further resolved, that after
the House and Senate take a recess
on Friday, March 21st, that neither
shall consider any Bill or Joint Reso-
luton except appropriations and
claims bills and Resolutions"
The Republican Senators, Secretary
Of State Thomas w. Miller and VIII
liam G. Jones, Jr., counsel for the
L..
islation last night and decided to
adopt the adjournment resolution as
II came from the House, and some
OF the Senators announced in the con-
ference that they expected to vote
for reconsideration if the bill killed
by a party vote yesterday morning to
divide Broad Greek hundred into two
election districts, and join with the
Democrats in passing the measure.
Following the conference the re-
solution for adjournment on April 8
was adopted unanimously by the
Senate.
The House bill to divide Broad
Creek hundred into two election dis
tricts later was reconsidered on mo-
ton of Senator Ewing. and then was
passed, Senators Ewing, Harris and
Reinhardt, Republicans, voting with
the Democrats for the bill, the other
Republicans voting against it, the
vote being 9 to z. 1t was the bill
introduced by Representative Layton
and advocated by Senator Furniss,
over which the Senate had a hot par
tisan fight in the morning.
The Republican Senators I'm con-
ference also decided to support Sen
atOr Fooks' bill to change the division
line between the second and third
election districts of the Fifth Repre-
sentative district of Sussex county.
and it was passed unanimously with
out discussion by the Senate later
Money for Girls School.
In substitute form Representative
Smiths bill to appropriate money to
the Girls Industrial School was re-
ported favorably TO the House The
original bill appropriated $4,000 for
the erection of new buildings at
Claymont, which the committee cut
down to $4,000. This sum was not
satisfactory to the school managers,
so the committee after further con-
sideration has reported out bill ap-
Droprlating $4,000 a year for two
years. or $4,000 in all.
New Assessment for Kent.
The Senate at the night session
passed unanimously the bill introduce
cd during the day by Mr. Wallis to
create board of three to make a
general assessment of real and per-
sonal property in Kent County for
county purposes. The board would
be chosen by the Levy Court. and
would make their return to that body
planned that the system is employed
IN Maryland. James l.. Wolcott ex-
planned that assessments in the
county are now grossly unequal He
cited case where one Dover pro-
perty purchased for $500 is assessed
for S6,500 while a property across the
street bought for $4,000 is assessed
for S3,500. James H. Hughes advocat-
cd the bill on the ground that the ten
different hundred assessors are at
present making widely differing as
sessments.
The House devoted the night ses-
sion to committee work. One of the
bills reported favorably was Repre-
sentative Hammondf to tax bonds.
investments and mortgages for state
and county purposes. on a basis Of
three-fourths of their full valuation
at the county tax rate. The proceeds
are to be devoted to road building
and maintenance.
To the House favorable report was
made on RepresentatiN Cooks bill
authorizing the New Ostle County
Levy Court to borrow 9250,000 for
construction Of a new briige over the
Christiana river In Wilmington at or