Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-03-22
Reach AGREEMENT
ON partisan bills
Flat Salary for Insurance
Commissioner; Must Turn
In All Fees
CITY STREET MARKET
BILL PASSES SENATE
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STAFF Correspondent
DOVER. Del March 22.-The Dem
ocratic members OF the General As
sembly held a caucus this morning.
following which It was announced an
agreement had been reached which
win result in a number Of bills being
passed that tho Republicans and Dem.
Ocrats had been at odds over.
One Of these bills TO be passed will
put the insurance commissioner on a
straight salary OF $4,000 and furnish
him With one $1,000 clerk The com
missioners salary Al this time Is ST..
600, but for years the Insurance com.
missioner has been retaining certain
fees The salary OF $500 win bo IN
lieu Of all fees Il Ia understood Al.
torney General Relnhardt has given
tanning Of the foes by the insurance
commissioner Is Illegal and they must
30 into the State Treasury.
As soon as the agreement was reach
cd tho Senate passed the bill increas-
Ing the contingent fund for the attor
ney-genera from $500 to $4,000. The
Senate will also pass q bill abolishing
fees In all Offices.
|. The Democratic members Of tho
Mouse will support a bill 10 increase
the salaries Of deputies and clerks I'm
New Castle county offices and 10 in
crease the salary Of the state Treas
urer 10 S3500. and provide him with
o clerk al $1,000
Health Board ReOrRRniyer.
Senator Hickman's bill TO abolish
the State Board OF Health az now
constituted. which was reported out
last night without recommendation.
provides for the Governor to appoint
new board OF Eve members. Tho
bill also provides that the secretary
must not be a member OF tho board.
The legislative committee that inves-
tigated tho State Board of Health has
not submitted its report to tho Iogis-
lature as yet. II Is likely the report
will contain some recommendation
and that bills will he prepared to
carry them out II Is possible that
tho committee will suggest separating
the bureau Of vital statistics from the
state board and that tho board have
its Office in Dovep
Street Markets Bill Passes.
The Senate bill introduced by Senator
Gormley providing for curbstone mar
kets in Wilmington and TO regulate
them. was passed by the Senate unani-
mouslv. Secretary G. Q. Killen. of the
Chamber Of Commerce, explained the
bill. pointing ont that it had been ap-
proved by all parties interested, includ-
ing the farmers.
He explained that the bill re-
afhrms the law giving the Street and
Sewer Department the power TO regu-
late the market, and also gives that
department power TO establish other
markets besides the farmers and
truckers markets now existing. The
bin allows farmers 10 ro-rent their
old stands and also TO sublet their
spaces.
Senator Gormley also spoke for the
bill In explaining that the bill is in
tended 10 correct defects in the OK
listing laws governing the markets.
Senator Gormley also said tho bill is
a compromise and is satisfactory To
all parties interested Senator Walker
also advocated t.
The Senate passed the Joint resolu-
ton providing for the establishment or
definite lines OF division between Fed
eral and State taxes to avoid n con-
hict in the methods OF taxation of the
Federal Government and the state.
The Senate also passed the Senate
bill to increase the salary Of the State
treasurer from $4,000 to $4,000 a year.