Evening journal., 1915-03-05
MEMBERS BUSY
ACTING ON bills
IN Legislature
Senate Kills Measure to
ProhibitSa of Candy and
Tobacco on Sunday
Governor miller VETOES
ANOTHER BANK Bill
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
STATE HOUSE. Dover. Del. March
5.-Among the bills reported on their
merits this morning were Senator
Hickmans amending the Ten-Hour
Women's Employment Law TO the
Senate, and the Webster Abutting
Property Paving Bill and the bill
looking toward paid fire department
in Wilmington. and the Letherbury
Apple Grading Bill and the Rash Bill
for the examination and registration
of plumbers and apprentices in Will
mington.
Among bills passed by the House
we're:
Senate substitute bill incorporating
tse town of Blades.
House bill Incorporating West Do
YER Trust Company.
House bill authorizing Wilmington
Police Commission to appoint special
policemen and watchmen
Governor Miller today sent TO the
House his first veto of the session, IL
being transmitted by Secretary Of
State Hall, who appeared for the first
time officially In either branch of the
Legislature.
The veto was of Representative
Dailey's bill to charter the West
Dover Trust Company. The governor
pointed out that the bill gave too
broad powers to the company and did
not conine its bank TO Hartley,
, where II is to be located. Represen-
tative Daley introduced and the
House passed new bill this morning
to charter the company and meet the
governors objections.
The Governor also transmitted mes
sage along with the veto requesting th'
House to instruct the legislative audi
| tors to audit the expenditures by tn
| Governor Of his contingent fund 10
\ ! l0l3-l4, and accounts covering eXtraor
> binary expenditures Of the State IiN
Stock sanitary Board incident to SUP
4 preston Of hoof and mouth disease.
| Kill Sunday Bill.
The Senate killed Senator Hickman
bill to prohibit the sale of candy, con
fcctions, tobacco. ice cream or sod
water by retailers on Sundays by !
nays TO yeas.
Senators Hickman, Harris and Hof
feclSer voted for the BILL,
Senator Hickman advocated its pass
J age. saying it had been given TO hin
by the Law and Order Society, and h'
believed il to be a good one.
Senators Gormley and Frazier
spoke in opposition saying II was
+ too drastic
, Senator Gormley pointed out that
, the "Old Blue Laws" are still in eX-
: istance, but have never been en-
forced.
- Senator Newton's bill to regulate
, the sale of seed and to provide for
the inspection of seed by the State
, Board of Agriculture was passed by
I the Senate. by a vote of II yeas TO
: nays, after it had been explained by
Professor Wesley Webb.
q Senators Furniss, Gormley and Jo-
/ sephs voted against the bill.
\ Senator Hoifecker's bill to appro'
T priate S43,5S7 to the Trustees of Della
Y ware College, TO reimburse them fol
= money expended for the maintenance
S of the Women's College, affiliated
4 with Delaware College, was passed by
= the Senate without a dissenting vote.
Senator Hoffecker explained that
@ in the law creating the college 1t was
- provided that the college should open
e in September, 1914. but no appropria-
ton was made for maintenance. The
appropriation will cover the mainte-
nance Of the college until the next
legislature meets.
Senator Furniss stated that he
would support the bill as It was a
worthy cause, but he said it was moi
as good as his Mothers Pension
bill which was killed by the House
yesterday.