Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-16
STAFF Correspondent.

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DOVER, March l6.-Former Federal
Judge George Gray. of Wilmington. was
a Dover visitor yesterday and spent
some time in the State House during
the afternoon. Judge Gray met a num-
Der Of members of the Legislature.
Judge Gray, with his son, Andrew C..
Gray, appeared before the House COM
mittee on Revised Statutes in advocacy
of the Senate bill relative to the foreign
attachment law. This hill. which was
pa Sod by the Senate this week, would
change the present foreign attachment
law 10 enable defendant to have his
day in court even though he is unable
to give security to release the property
attached. In recent case of Owensby
vs.. j. picIpont Morgan ct al, in the Su-
pcrior Court for New Castle county, It
was discovered that the ancient law OF
the state in this matter prevented de-
PENDENT being heard unless he was able
to give security. Hugh NJ. Morris, at
torncy. of Wilmington, opposed the bill
before the committee.
Separate Trusnt Officers
The House passed Mr.. Downward's
bin amending the law so that il will
not he necessary for members of tho
Wilmington police force TO act as tru-
ant officers and authorizing the Board
of Education Of the city to employ the
necessary help for that purpose.
The House also passed Mr.. Down
wards bill giving members of the VII
mington police force authority to serve
rcquisition papers.
Mr. DAILY had stricken from the calcn-
dar his hin relative TO the licensing OF
automobiles.
Mr. Downward had stricken from the
calendar his bill relative To- certain OIL
cials of Wilmington furnishing bonds
hecausc he said since introducing the
li' hc had found Nhat he desired is pro-
vidcd in another act
Mr. Ahern's House joint resolution
apDropriating $4,000 additional for
the erection of an armory at New
Castle was passed by the House. Two
years ago the Legislature appropriate
ed SIS 600 for the armory but the
State Armory Commission found that
HE building could not be erected for
less than $4,000. Colonel Theodore
Townsend who explained the resolu-
ion, stated that Mrs. Willard Sauls-
bury had donated the lot on which
he srmory is to be erected.
Representative Connclly's joint res
olution providing for tho appoint
mo0t nv the speaker of the House
and the President of the Senate OF
a committee of five to confer with a
like committee from the New Jersey
General Assembly. should one be
named, relative 60 building a bridge
across tho Delaware river to connect
Wilmington with PennsgrOve, \. j.,
was passed by the House. The reso.
luton does not carry any appropria-
ion and there was not a vote against
L.
The House also passed Mr.. Nc
Nab6s House joint resolution rela
tive to the printing of the code mum
bsrs and sections in volume % and
succeeding volumes of Delaware laws
Juvenile Court Bill.
The Juvenile Court bill was repOrt
ed i'm the House yesterday afternoon
by the committee on municipal cor
porations with a substitute. The sub
stitute gives the judge a salary o.
$1,000 a year. the same as the origi
nal board. makes his term four years
gives li'o chlel pIouatloh uhlNOi ~l,-D'
a year. with an expense fund OF S2OOi
also two assistant probation officers
at $3.50 a year, half the expense to b
borne by Wilmington and half by
New Castle county
The House passed four House join
resolutions authorizing the printing II
pamphlet form, of the State election
laws. school laws. general corpora
ton law and constitution OF the state
The House passed the Senate oil
PROHIBITING the burning of marsh lan'
after April of any year.
The House passed the Senate bill
changing the Selbyyille National BAN