Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-30
$15,263 WAS COST
OF LEGISLATURES
SPECIAL SESSION
The Members Voted Themselves
Compensation for Eighteen
Days Service and Mileage.
PARTED AFTER LOVEFEAST
staff Correspondence of Every Evening
STATE HOUSE. DOVER, MARCH SD

staff Correspondence of Every Evening
STATE HOUSE, DOVER, MARCH 30.
The General Assembly's special session
ended at 4 IL o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Its is days sitting cost the State sl5,-
263.05.
Adopting appropriation resolutions and
passing an appropriation blli was the
chief business transacted yesterday alter
noon.
\ Senate resolution provided compen-
sation as follows: Lewis +. Ellason, heu-
tenant-governor SlOS: John \. Barnard,
president pro TEN, S10S; Oliver A. New
ton. Edward B. Brown, Charles w. Mitch
ell. Ira l.. Long, Harlan M. Joseph,
Robert G.. Hollett, Charles ID. Murphy,
Thomas S. Webb died during the ses-
sion), JOSEPH Frazier, James b. Hick-
man, Thomas L. Gormley, John NJ.
Walker. Harvey Hoffecker, Frank X:
Pool. Charles NJ. Wharton and Edward
Hart. Senators. $50 each; Frank ii. Da-
Wis, president pro TENS secretary, 500;
George ". Cunning, Senate secretary,
$500: George w Cunning, printing
journal, 500; William Bal, reading
clerk, 5000; William III. Hollingsworth,
bill clerk, $3.50; William nj. Hope, at
torney, S400; John l.. Davidson, sergeant
at-ar1ns, Sl25; Rev. Edwin Gardner
John Thomas, telephone messenger, slO0;
Olive NJ. Roach and Mollle Nj. Hirons,
stenographers, $50 each; Senator Frazier,
examining passed bills, s25.
Conversation as follows was pro
vided bv a House resolution: Hervey f.
Hall. speaker, S10S; Walter Rash, Andrew
l.. Cross. Henry G.. Downward, John T..
McNabh, William NJ. Connolly, George
w. Webster, Willard S. Gregg, Richard
e.. Buckingham, W. Truxton Boyoe,
Harry, Z. Aern Thomas j. Green, j.
Griffith Ellison, Martin B. Burris, Jo-
seph c. Hutchinson, John W. Tar
burton, Daniel T. Loose, Edward c, DAILY,
Edward l. Jones, Cooper Gruwell,
George b. kersey, John ". klllen, q. W.
Swain, Albert b. Peet John Prettyman,
Coulter NIessick, Edwin ii. TlndaIl,
James T. Chapman, Samuel \. Culver,
oias J. Lewis, David {. Hall, George
d. Marvel, Thomas J. Pritchett and
William H. Welch, Representatives, $40
each: Herman C.. TAYLOR, speakers clerk,
$50: William H. Poore, House clerk,
$500: William G.. Janyier. reading clerk,
5000; Jesse L. Wainwright, bill clerk, $50
Rev. J. r. Bailey, chaplain, $50; James
NJ. Tunnell and Robert q. Harman,
attorneys, 500 each; John A. Walls,
sergeant-at-arns, SIPS; William NJ. Con-
neliv, Jr., page, SIS; Margaret Brown,
Louise b Phillips and Elizabeth Collins,
stenographers, SIS each; Mr.. Goodwin,
telephone messenger, 500; Representa-
tive Culver, examining passed bills, s25.
A general appropriation bill allowed
mileage as follows:
Senators pro TEN Barnard,
$3.50: Newton, S34 So; Brown, S43 20;
Mitchell, $50 40; Long, s64 so; Joseph,
S64 so; Hollett, sll IS; Murphy, SlS-36;
Frazier, S12 96; Hickman, S55.0S; CORN
ley, S54; Walker, s64 50; Hottecker,
S56.16; Poole, S324s; Hart, s20.53.
Rash. S4S.34; Cross, S4S.34; Downward,
S4S. 81: AfcNabb, s4S. 81; Connolly, S4S.-
81: Webster, $50 40; Gregg, So. 54;
buckingham, s64 20; Boyce, $50 As; Ahrn,
s45.36: Green, $500; Ellison, S35.64;
Burris, S23 z6: Hutchinson, S23.76; Tar
burton, SIS; Loose, S6.4S; DAILY, $500;
Gruwell, SIPS; kersey, sl0.S0; killen,
SII62; Swain, s1S36; Peet, S29, l6;
Prettyman, 5000; Messick, $3.50;
Tindall. 5000; Chapman, S46.lS; Cul-
yer, S54; Lewis, SIPS; Daniel c. Hall,
ST. Is; Marvel, SOL 2S; Prltchett, S36.76;
Welch, S5272.
Iieutenant-Governor Eliason was
allowed sl23 mileage for the 1917 session
overlooked at that session. and S45.36
mileage for the special session.
The bill also authorized the following
appropriations: State Board OF Educa-
ton, contingent fund, 81, 1000; trustees
of Delaware College, for the maintenance
of the Summer School for Teachers, con-
tingent fund, 81 900 (the State appropria-
ton insures a Federal appropriation under
the Smith-Iughes law John NJ. Walker,
L T TCpos 81 A0+ Herman q
Taylor, 81 40; Diamond State Telephone
Co, S215.72; Mrs. w r. Brown, type
writer rent. So; J. E. Beck, s. 295; Austin
Merritt, $3.50; Mardelva Electric Co,
S1.50; Williams Wicks, Sc; Charles
Landers, Ss.25; J. r. Hunter, SCI .35;
Delaware Republican, sl4.50; William
Mann Co, S676S5; Dover Machine Co,
S522. 40; T. \. Buckingham, 1927; j. 5.
Goodwin, 81; Delaware State News, sl04;
Dover Index, 81 IS; Dover Lumber Co,
S7I5; T. K Jones d Brother, SI0.52:
Charles NJ Smith Co., s37; James ".
Wise, sIO.32; NJ. NJ Hirons, typewriter
rent, S5; Charles NJ. Smith, s22 So John
A. Barnard, s38; Aaron Perkins, sl9;
Mabel Moore, s25; James 4. Biee, 1884
John Waters, S55.25; G. III. Molliston,
s15; Robert Smith, SIS; Elizabeth Col
Inns, typewriter rent, IS; Milford Chron-
icle, S71.50
The House concurred In Senate bill
authorizing the Newark Board Of Educa-
ton 10 determine the amount of money
10 be raised In that town for school pur-
poses and IN Senate bill renewing the
charters of private corporations that have
expired by oversight.
The House held d '1ovefeast," during
which Speaker Hall and Representatives
Buckingham, MeNabb and Burris made
addresses and Page Connolly gave a reci-
tation.