Evening journal., 1915-01-15

Newark. who thought committees
could make the official visits in be-
half of the Legislature.
There also is a pronounced senti-
ment here against the Legislature
meeting in joint session to give hear
ings on bills, the feeling being that
ali hearings should be given by COM
mittees having the measure in charge.
House Passes First Bill
The first bill was passed by the
House when, under suspension OF rules,
the House passed Representative Carey's
measure to authorize the governor and
the Secretary of State to use an auto
graph stamp in signing State licenses,
and also to authorize the Secretary OF
State to use an autograph stamp IN
sipninq automobile license cards. Secre-
tarv of State Miller was given the
privilege of the floor and explained that
| there had been a law authorizing the
governor and Secretary of State TO use
! signature stamp in signing certain
| licenses, but for some reason that law
was omitted from the Revised Code. Gas
1.-THE law now stands, because OF that
omission all licenses must be signed IN
ink" said Secretary Miller, (which we
are doing daily"
! Mr.. Miller also explained that there
was an additional provision in the pro-
posed law to enable the Secretary OF
State to use an autograph stamp to
sign automobile license and operators
cards, which row are signed by hand.
While these may total into the hun
dreds some DAYS. Secretary Miller ex-
planned he was signing all such licenses
and cards daily so that none was defer
red until the next day.
The bill was read and referred to COM
mittee in the Senate
Legislative Document Clerk.
Under a concurrent resolution Of
fered by Representative Hill yester-
day afternoon, the Legislature viii
have a document clerk to have
charge of printed copies Of reports,
bills and other documents of the
Legislature. Such clerk was sane
toned by statute by the last Legis-
lature Mr.. Hills resolution desig-
mated William Ramsey, of Milford, as
document clerk. He is a Republican.
Nobody voted against the resolution
in the House.
When the. resolution came before
the Senate, Senator Furniss, Demo
, crat. moved that it be held over until
Monday.
Senator Hoffecker, Republican
moved that the rule be suspended
and the Senate concur in the resolu-
ton. Senator Gormley called at
tention to the fact that Governor
Miller, in his message, urged the
Legislature to be economical. He
said the office of document clerk
which was created by the last Legs.
| lature, is useless and unnecessary
Senator Furniss characterized tho
Office of document clerk as useless
as a cake of ice on a cold freezing
. day"
Senator Hoffecker declared that 4
was a statutory Office and the Legis
lature had nothing to do but ap
point some one to fill it. Mr.
, Furniss said they could repeal thl
law. The Senate then concurred il
the resolution by a party vote, tn
: Republicans supporting IL and tn
= Democrats opposing it.
Kent County Hospital.
A measure that has been before tn
Legislature in many forms the pas
dozen years appeared again yester
day afternoon when Representativ
Carey introduced a bill to establish
the Kent county hospital, in Dover
Del. It carries an appropriation b
the State Of $4,000 to build the hos
pital, and an appropriation of $500
annually for maintenance of the in
stitution. II shall be managed by
board of ten trustees, to be name
by the Governor for two-year terms
of whom six shall be Kent count
physicians in good standing. and tn
remainder residents of the county.
Representative Davis introduced
bill to amend the charter of Ellen
dale by increasing from 5000 TO $50
annually the sum the Sussex Count
3 Levy Court shall appropriate to ri
lendale for the maintenance OF II
streets.