Evening journal., 1914-09-29
Lawyers TO Pass on
Eligibility of Legislators

was adopted by a vote of to 8. the
Republicans voting for it and the
Democrats against It.
Cost Of the Session.
There are Indications that the spe-
cial session will be prolonged and tnat
it viii cost the State anywhere IRON
1900 to $500 a day There are i'ty-
TWO members, each of whicn receive -
a dag, making the salary list OF tne
members ana lieutenant governor $500
a day. Then there is the salary list Tor
clerks and legal counsel, appropriation
Tor supplies, and other InciuentalS. The
special session is limited to thirty legis-
Iative days and II it lasts that long 4ne
expense would be somewhere between
$4,000 and $4,000. Under the reso-
luton providing for the special session
Governor Miller was required to call it
and had no discretion in the matter.
That the reading of the report Of the
Revised Code Commission viii be stu
pendous task is evident 1t will have
TO be read section by section in Senate
and House II covers more than $500
typewritten pages. A reading clerk ac-
,customed TO rapid reading and clear
enunciation it was estimated today,
could read thirty typewritten pages IN
an hour, without interruption. At this
rate, it would mean about 200 pages a
dav could be read in a legislature day
OF eight hours, or eighteen legislative
days alone that would be required to
read the revised coue word for word so
that all present could understand clear
ly the reading.
Many explanations by Mr.. Ward and
Mr.. Heisel, of the Code Commission
and questions by the members will in
tenupt the reading, so it can easily be
seen that the enactment of the revised
code viii mean a session of two or three
weeks at least.
Relays of reading clerks will be
required, too. There is a method
however, by which the session can
be shortened. That is by morning
noon and night sessions, and by
the gliding over IN reading of Ions
sections of the revised code thai
have not been changed In any way
These sections could be indicated by
the Revised Code Commission anC
the members of the committees on
revised statutes who have compared
and checked up on the revision o.
statutes. and hours if not days o
reading could be eliminated by read
ing a few paragraphs of such chap
ters in lieu of the entire text. Al
instance of this may be found in th'
chapter defining the boundaries q
election districts, which is unchang
ed and covers seventy-six typewrit
ten pages II has been compared b,
lawyers, legislators and by represen
tatives of both political parties and il
found to comply with boundaries a!
established through years Of legisla
ton and amendments.
New Rules ADOPTED.
To expedite business the Hous,
adopted a resolution offered by Rep
I resentative Mooney. It amends tn
old rules by eliminating the require
ment of one days notice prior to tn
introduction of bill; eliminatin;
the requirement for a duplicate 70
each bill presented, and permittin
the first and second reading by It'll
and the third reading section by sec
ton. Under the amendment, if
I member objects to any point in a bi
with the consent of eight other men
bers he can have It referred to a con
mite, but eighteen members ca
call it out Of committee.
/ Reading of the report of the Re
vised Code Commission, which wa
presented in the afternoon by Repre-
sentative Hammond in the House
was deferred in both branches unit
Wednesday.
Speaker Holcomb requested all III
members to be. sure to be present o
Wednesday.
Some persons were ponderin
whether the effort quietly being mad
here to have the Hazel Anti-Shippin
law repealed when it is reached In I'll
revised code is becoming a factor
the situation as to eligibility of men
bers.
MAY Try Repeal of Hazel Law
That some men influential in polite
are trying to work up sentiment fC
the repeal of the Hazel law is know
Some members of the Legislature, to
i are known to be in favor of its r
i peal in the present session because
discriminates against New Cast
i County liquor dealers and favo
/, dealers outside the State. New Ca
tie County dealers. under the Court
/ decision, cannot ship liquors into Ke
> or Sussex counties, but dealers
\ Pennsylvania and other States c;
q ship into Delaware so long as Il
shipments are for a lawful purpose
1t is said some members who vot
o for the Hazel bill are ready to yote
a It's repeal On the other hand, sol
y members who supported the Hazel
are unwilling to have a repeater act
O on at this session, OF any other legis
tion called up. They urge that
Hazel law repeater should wait until
biennial session next January. as
= might open the doors to a food Of LEG
lation should it be called up duri
consideration of the report of the
4 yised Code Commission.
= -Four of the six men whose eligibil
p is questioned it was pointed out,
e classified as "wet' so far as bills 4
the Hazel law are concerned, althou
= it is not known how they would "
- on proposition to repeal the Ha
anti-shipping law at this time.
{ COUNTY BALANCES.
"a County Treasurer Charles Ii. Lipp