Evening journal., 1919-02-14
TO PROVIDE PAID
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOR WILMINGTON
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vldes that Council may take over b.
purchase, condemnation or otherwise
all real and personal property OF th'
D0re companies now In existence an6
recognized as a part Of tfie fire depart
ment Of Wilmington.
IL also authorizes Council 20 estab-
lish a paid fire department by en-
powering Il TO appoint all officers and
agents and employ such persons neces-
sary 10 operate a fire department at
such salaries as Council may determine
other bills introduced In the Senate
this morning were as follows:
BY Senator Hollett 10 increase from
/ 500 90 S60A the annual appropriation OF
the Kent County Levy Court TO Clayton.
BY Senator Alice, TO authorize the
Board OF Education OF Dover to borrow
100000 by bond issue for the construo-
tlon Of a new high school building.
BY Senator Handy. 10 increase from
$3.50 TO $500 the annual appropriation Of
the Kent County Levy Court 10 Fglton.
BY Senator Handy. 10 appropriate SIS
900 10 the Milford Emergency Hospital.
at Milford, to pay for the new hospital
building. upon the condition that the
citizens Of that town raise the sum Of
S20,GU by subscription, the building
10 cost $4,000.
Deposit State Funds.
Senator Bennett introduced a series OF
flve bills TO completely revise the sys-
TEN OF deposltlng public money in Della
ware. The first OF the bills would re-
peal the present section Of the revised
code which provides that State money
shall be deposited in the Farmers
Bank.
The second and third bills provide
that all money collected by the State
insurance. commissioner and tho clerks
Of the peace OF the three counties shall
be turned over 10 the State Treasurer.
The fourth bill provides that the State
Treasurer snail have the custody Of
all money belonging 10 the State and
shall dep6<,t tho same In national banks
and banks and trust companies organ
lied and doing business under the
laws of this State whose combined
paid up capital and surplus, ex-
elusive OF undivided profits, shall not
be less than siO0,OeO, and siNSh banks
and trust companies are designated as
81 state funds.
The State Treasurer is authorized to
the money among the banks
and trust companies and it Is provided
that the deposits in any one depository
shall at no time exceed forty percenlum
OF the combined paid up capital stock
and surplus OF such depository At
the present time all State funds are
deposited in the Farmers Bank, and
should Senator Bennett's bills be enact /
ed, all the banks and trust companies
might got a share OF the deposits.
The NTH bill on this subject intro
duced by Senator Bennett provides thatr7
the county treasurer In New Castle
Kent and Sussex counties shall have the
erslody of the money belonging to their
respeciive counties and shall also de-
posn me same in national and state
,anks and trust companies, the condi-
IONS peing the same as those applying
n ibr deposit Of state money by the
State treasurer.
senator Bennett also introduced three
Ills bearing upon other subjects. one
r them increasing the amount that the
Dwn Of Frankford may raise by taxa
os for town purposes from $500 to
.OCe and increasing the amount that
ie town may borrow for public i'm
0yemcniS from II Uw to $1,000 An I
.iel VI senaiUl .fonnells bills would
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