Milford chronicle., 1917-02-23
THE ANTI-SHIPPlNG BILL
PASSES STATE SENATE
Measure Receives l3 Votes For
And 3 Against. Will
Certainly Sign It's Severe
On Violators.

hOkG Ol - 10 D. Ou " WbuueSuhy AFTER
noon was passed by the State Senate
by the vote of l3 to 8. The bill is ev-
en- more strict than the Hazel law,
which the vets succeeded in having
repealed two years ago, and carries
severe penalties for its violation
Governor Townsend is thought to be
in favor of the measure, as in his in
augural address he advocated such
legislation. and it is more than likely
that the measure will have received
his signature before the Chronicle is
in the mails. The bill, should he sign
it, will become law Immediately.
Under the enactment it will be un-
lawful for any person, corporation, in
dividuals or any party of individuals
to bring into either Kent or Sussex
counties over one quart of liquor or
twelve bottles of beer at any one
time. The law also stipifies that no
person shall have more than that
amount in his or her possession at any
one time Stringent provisions cover |
the violations of the act. Should Ii /
quOr be brought in in either aJtOmo- |
bile or by team, under the act, the /
vehicle will be confiscated by the I
state, sold. and the money placed in
the good roads fund of the state. 1t
will be seen that it will be a costly
proposition to those who try this
practice Both fines and imprison-
ment are also provided for violatOrs.
The bill is a good one, and has had
the backing of the dry element of the
two lower counties since its intro
duction.
number of other liquor bills are
pending in the legislature, but most
of them have reference to New Castle !
county, which is wet at the present I
time sufficient number of mem {
bers of the House and the Senate have +
signed petitions asking that the ques- .
ton be re-submitted in that county +
to get the required legislation. I'm /
der the laws creating four different i
voting districts on the liquor question. +
when a majority of the members of :
both branches of the legislature sign +
for a re-submissiOn vote it is man I
datOry on the legislature to grant such A
a petition. Fl
Women Don't Want Votes. 7
Bedecked with pretty red roses, a p
large delegation of women from all o
parts of Delaware, Tuesday, at a pub a
lie hearing before the House and Sen p
ate, presented arguments why the o
legislature should not pass the pend NJ
ing bill amending the State COnstitu- al
ton so as to confer upon women the in
privilege OF suffrage. Many women, NJ
chiefly from Dover, who favor equal al
suffrage, also were present to hear a
what the "Antis" had to say Speak m
eF Hervey Hall presided over the joint to
assembly. tn
The House passed Representative vi
Welch's bill to give the Milton Town NJ
Council the right to elect an alderman of
After bitter fight in the House of tn
Representatives Monday afternoon the ed
bill providing for supervising teachers gu
in the rural schools of the state, re- in
Gently introduced by Mr. Ellison, was NJ;
killed by vote Of 19 to Is. Mr.. Ahern
who is i'll, was absent.
Milton Bond Bill. Mi
The House unanimously passed Re IN
preventative Welch's bill to permit -
the town OF Milton to borrow $4,000
for a system of sewers. The PROPOSE "e
tion if the bill should go through the
Senate. will be submitted to the voters 70
If Milton at the Municipal election in pa
March, and must get a majority vote ~
before becoming effective. W W"o
The Senate unanimously passed an
Senator Joseph's bill prescribing the a.
iame open season for hunting wild ~,
owl on the Assawaman Bay that ap- .iIl
llies to other Delaware waters. ~
The Senate also passed Senator W
fOtfecker's joint resolution authOriz-
ng the presenting of medals to mem paa
ers OF the Delaware militia who sery- SsIl
d on the Mexican border. Doa
Not to Abolish Capital Punishment t5o
Senator Hicl1man's joint resolution ent
D authorize the governor to appoint r
commission of five members to be bill
n0wn as a Commission on Capital sam
to investigate the subject Far
capital punishment and report to ed
le legislature in 1919. was killed by ever
le Senate, by a unanimous vote in sion
le negative. Senators Wharton and that
razier opposed the resolution on the ply.
'Ound that there is no need for such fam
commission and Senator Hickman the
,plained his vote by declaring that of d
, is heartily in favor Of capital pun prov
hment. Senator Frazier also declar- the
that he was in favor of capital pun pital
lment, while Senator Wharton Op- is to
sed the bill on the ground that there m
q already too many commissions in time
slaware, and that the one proposed Sena
IS not needed. of til
After a lively debate the House of Sc
representatives. Tuesday afternoon the 2
ssed Mr.. Jones' bill requiring Kent taxat
unity prisoners to work when phys mem
lily able. The chief purpose is to can
rmit the employemnt of cOnvicts priat
the almshOuse and on the roads. same
e vote was 81 to 1, Mr.. McKnabb By
ng the only member to vote in the ed S,
gatiVe. the
Without opposition the House pass aucti
Mr.. Killen's bill to make the Eel Th'
National Bank State Bank. vote.
'wo New Castle County road bills, jHstic
orted unfavorably in the House, cases
re- recommitted. One requires the poultl
-ment for a road upon its compile does
l, and the other permits employ peal I