Evening journal., 1914-09-28
Legislature In Special
Session to Receive The
Code Commission Report

not otherwise appropriated to pay
said orders.
"The chairman of the Committee on
Revised Statutes OF the Senate and the |
chairman of the Committee on Revised
Statutes of the House, after receiving
notices from the Revised Code Commits
sion. called a meeting of both commit
tees Monday. September Ia, to meet the
Revised Code Commission at No. sl2
4 Equitable Building, Wilmington Della
ware. The committees organized as a
( Joint committee by electing Hon. George
/ Fisher Pierce as chairman and Hon.
( Timothy j. Mooney as secretary.
"rhe members of the Code Commits
sion informed the Joint committee that
their work was practically completed
and laid the same before them, and the
committee iu conjunction with the
| Code Commission, at once commenced
examining and checking the work.
"The committee sat from day to day
Iup to and including Saturday, Septem-
Der 26, when the work as mapped out
by the committee was completed. After
fully considering the code. the joint
committee directed the Code Commits
sion 10 make the following minor al
terations. in order TO make the code
consistent
Chapter %. Boards of Health
(Relative to the Registration of
Deaths &C.
Chapter 40. Portrait Commission.
(Relative to the appointment Of mem
bers).
"Chapter 43. Levy Court (Rela-
tive to the lowest bidders on public
! work.
Chapter 46. County Comptroller.
? (Relative to the Comptrollers of Kent
and Sussex county.
! "Chapter 5S. Primary Elections.
] (Relative to advertising)
- Chapter II. Free Schools. (Rela-
, tive to Truancy Law.)
Chapter 1872. judgments. (Relative
D to Liens).
"The Joint Committee also author
Z lied the following new suggestions to
E be incorporated in the Code:
Chapter So. Election of United
I, States Senators.
: "Chapter "A. Fish, oysters and
e Game. CUniform Fishing Laws be-
tween the States Of Delaware and
: New Jersey.)
"Chapter 90. Joint Estates and
Partition.
"The Joint Committee were treated
most courteOusly by Messrs. Ward
Y and Heisel. the Revised Code Com
u missioners, who placed at the disposal
of the Committee every facility pos
sible which enabled the Committee tC
proceed with their work in an orderly
= and systematic manner. The Com
H..
: form which indicated great labor anC
> diligence on their part, as the com
= pleted volumes to be presented to th'
- General Assembly will amply testify
"The Joint Committee, on motion
~ unanimously decided to report tn
p proposed Code to the General Assem-
bly,. with a favorable recommonda
"a ton:
&c George Fisher Pierce, Chairman
"a Lewis +. Ellison.
~ George w. Marshall
as James II. David
n, "William F. Blackstone.
- John II. Hammond,
20 "Chauncey p Holcomb.
e. Charles owens,
ar John A. Barnard
s~ Edward c. Bradford, Jr.,
r. Charles II. Grantland
10 Timothy j. Mooney, Secretary
IL Changes Proposed.
The minor changes referred 10, brie
", are as follows;
- In the Board of Health law, the wi
r. mington Board of Health is made re
o. istrar of births, deaths and marriage
M the registration of deaths heretofo
A., having been made with the State Boa
n of Health. and of births and marriag
~ with the Wilmington Board of Healt
"a Regarding the State Portrait Cor
~ mission. President pro TEN George y
A. Marshall of the Senate and Speak
:. Chauncev p. Holcomb are specifical
na IN named as members, along with &C
~. ernor Miller the present law designs
ing the president pro tenn of the -
,i o ate and the Speaker of the House"
"a conjunction with the Governor III
SOU will enable Senator Marshall a
o- Speaker Holcomb to rye ON the co
W. mission after the November electi
'0n when their legislative terms expire,
order to complete some projects
Governor. DR.. Marshall and Major II
:, comb have under way.
e Regarding the Levy Court,
change proposed is to require the y
G Castle County Levy Court TO aw
o contracts 10 the "lowest responsible
l. der" and to open all bids publicly, q
e applying to New Castle county the
= as it applies TO Kent and Sussex u
Courts.
d Regarding the duties of Comptroll
n Of Kent and Sussex counties, the cha
'e proposed is to make IL mandatory u
e. the comptrollers 90 audit the accou
he of trustees of the poor, such as Is
p New Castle county law at present.
id Regarding primary elections in X
and Sussex counties, the change
id posed is 20 require publication of
at mary notices in at least two wee
a. newspapers in those counties she
~ there be no daily newspaper there.
Id Regarding the truancy law.
~ change proposed is to. permit of mo-
against truant being served th
id days after truancy and thus remoy
nd doubt I'm the present law which i
ne contended requires thirty days
n elapse before delinquency action
e be taken.
in The amendment 10 the judgn
lien law is TO make a change In
on law in Kent and Sussex counties
of garding judgment bonds as affec
ate building and loan association iss
int
ieh DEATH OF BENJAMIN PRICE