Evening journal., 1915-02-05
AUTO Inspectors
FOR ALL Counties
Bill Empowering Governor
TO Name Them Is Passed
By the House
BANKING POWERS TO
NEW LEWES TRUST co.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del, Feb. 5-After Secre-
tary OF State Miller had explained the
measure. the House yesterday after
noon passed Representative Hnls bill
to empower the Governor to appoint
one inspector in each county to en-
force the automobile laws. The in
spoctOrs shall be appointed from
month to month and receive $50 a
month and mileage at the rate of two
and one-half cents a mile for each
nile actually travelled Secretary of
State Miller said there is urgent
necessity for such inspectors. When
more than 1000 automobiles were
licensed last year. Mr.. Miller said
nbOut 900 operators licenses wer3
issued He said there was a cheek
on the appointments by the Governor
being given discretion to name them
from month to month, and there also
was q check on the expenses of the
inspectors. Mr. Miller said the State
would derive considerable revenue
by the inspectors enforcing the vari-
Gus automobile laws.
When the vote was taken, every
Democrat excepting Representatives
Lotherbury and Schwatka voted
against the bill. the two Democrats
named voting with the eighteen Re
rubicans for the measure, which
was passed 20 yeas to 13 nays. None
Cf the Democrats spoke against the
bill or explained why they opposed
It.
Fidelity Trust Bank.
The House concurrred in Senator
Anderson's bill to incorporate the FL
deity Trust and Savings Bank of
Lewes, with an authorized capital up
TO S1,000,000. The cOrporators nam
ed I'm the bill are John +. Sipplc, Ella
( S. Dodd, William +. Poynter, Thomas
| II. Carpenter, Hiram r. Burton, Will
liam r. Tunnel. William c. Lonand
and Frederick l.. Lubker of Lewes
and vicinity. Representative Down
ward explained that the committee
had been assured it was proposed to
merge the Lewes National Bank into
the trust company which would give
it greater power to lend money as
mortgages on farms, there being a
low limit on such loans by national
/ banks
The bill had been the subject oil
a hearing before the House commit
tee on insurance and banking in the
morning, when delegations from
Lewes appeared for and against it
n The bill was reported favOrably anC
called up under suspension of the
rules in the afternoon. AT present
Lewes has a trust company and q
national bank. The bill passed yes
terday gives the Fidelity Bank broaC
banking powers, and authorized cap
ital equal to any other trust com
pany in the State.
Farmers Bank Directors.
The House concurred in the Senat'
joint resolutions appointing directors
on the part of the State for the Far
mers' Bank as follows:
Wilmington branch-J. Ernes
Smith. David Snellenburg, Ezekie
Cooper.
Dover branch-James H. Wilson
George II. Murray William Watson
Harrington.
Georgetown branch-William J
Thoroughbred, John G. Townsend
Jr., Walter B. Hilyard.
The House passed five House billi
to correct clerical errors and mino
omissions in the Revised Code. Her
bert H. Ward. a member of the Re
vised Code Commission. explainel
that the errors had crept in despit
the utmost care and diligence, ant
while they we're not serious it wa
desired to have all errors correcte
before final printing of the code.
Senate Reports on Bills.
In the Senate yesterday the follow
ING bills were reported out of committC
. lavorablv: Senator MitChelrs bill rel,
tive TO disposition of moneys rccovcre
from bail bonds and recognizances take
for appearance IN the State courts am
moneys paid a. fines by persons cor
Nicted of crimes in such courts. by @,
tending the provisions of the present la'
on that subject to Sussex county; Ser
ate bill to repeal the law appropriatin
money for the state of Delaware To J.
represented at the Panama Pacific n
tcmational EXposition; Senate hil I
IrNempt from taxation the property
the Historical Society of Delaware; Ser
ate bill to require writs of subpoena q
3 bills or petitions to be retumablc to Il
Office of the Register in Chancery q
the Nf-t Monday OF the IullOMlt
month; Scuatc bill relative to the pro
r lamation of the Governor concerning d.
linquent corporations; three House bill
correcting minor errors in the new r.
viscd Code: Senate hill authorizing d
J appropriation of $3.50 annually for Il
Improvement of the colorcd schools
, the State; Senate bin 20 appropria
Sl55.io To the Board of Education
I Newark to cover an insulliciency in q
I state school appropriation; Senate b
, to regulate the election of members
: the Board of Educaticn of Newark; Sc
u ate bill to authorize the Board OF Ed
/, cation of Newark 90 determine @
. amount 10 be raised by taxation I
school purposes; Senate hill TO ame
= statutes relating 20 city of Wiiminet
y 10y prohibiting any curbstone, farmer
. truckers or any other kind Of mark
from occupying King, street betwc
I Tenth and Eleventh; Senate bill
make minor amendment to the chart
!, of Newport; Senate bill 60 raise fr'
" $50 900 to $50. .0ou the amount that m