Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-02-03
BILLS OFFERED AT
DOVER TODAY TO
INCREASE SALARIES
Higher Pay for Some OF the
Employees at the Court
House Here.
LEGISLATURE KESoMHo
SpeciaI Dispatch From STAN 'S'F"n""N

s,.c,,, r,,s,a,ch From stan Correspondent
Sr,rr House.. DOVER, FEB. ).
4 sn,aIl o,,antitv Of new business was
presented AT todav's session ct the
Legislature III In.
Representative Francis introduced niiis
rotating 10 New Castle county officials,
as follows: ., .oo
Tn n,rcasing from 81 900 to ~, ,5n per
vcar the salary of the court crIer.
Increasing 10 $1,000 per year the salary
of The comptroller and increasing to
81 500 per wear the salary OF tho deputy
'oi, Increasing from SIPS to $50 per
month the salary Of the clerk OF the Court
of Common Pleas.
Increasing from Sl25 to Sl5o per
month The salary Of the deputy To the
receiver of taxes and county treasure
and from 500 to 1925 per month inc
salary Of each clerk employed oE toc
receiver and treasurer; making S'lh''.''
increases in the salaries of other county
deputies and clerks
The shcrif's mileage would ne m
creased from three to five cents per hoc.
TO AMEND LABOR LAWS
Renresrntativc LYONS introduced an
act giving magistrates jurisdiction over
violations uf the l0-hour labor law tor
tomal, cmplnves. He introduced also
an act relating 10 the powers and duties
~ the Labor Commission of Delaware
II would increase from $500 10 Slu,uh
,,er wear the appropriation 7" inc coh-
mission. such sum to be used at the conf
missions discretion IL would also re-
,,u,rr nevstovs between II and 10 years
II aco 10 wear badge provided by the
commission
III also introduced an act arproprIat,ne
~ 600 80 the Delaware Industrial Schooi
for Girls 10 nav Indebtedness on buildings
and improvements and Sio,on To provide
inrrc9snL ,lormitorv and school room
facilities. The school has an average
nopuiation Of 50. aud the present popula-
lion is n The sleeping accommodations
arc inadequate II IS proposed 70 use the
third story Of one building rs An additional
.iormltor1 and the basement Of another
building a. an additional school room.
REPRESENTATIVE Buckson introduced a
substitute bill Incorporating the Capitol
Hospital of Delaware TO he located IN
Dover
Representative Dean introduced a
bill appropriating $4,000 TO the State
Pathological and BacteriologIcal Larora-
tory.
TO RESTRICT rAwNBRoKERs.
REPRESENTATIVE Dansenbaker intro
,iuced bill limiting 10 three percent
7er month the rate of interest charged
~ pawnbrokers.
The Senate biIi proposing constitution
II amendment increasing the compensa-
ion rf the members Of the General As
~emblv WAS reported favoraoly to tho
House
ADVOCATE MORE PAY roR Judges.
The Senate committee on Judiciary
lixed o clock this afternoon for public
hearing on The Senate biu to increase the
~alaries of the chancellor the chlet Iustlre
md the associate judges.
! delegation that came from New t;aS-
le county 10 recommend passage of the
l,ilJ Was composed OF JOSIAH Marvel.
Robert II Richards Andrew c. Gray,
Herbert H. Ward Caleb +. Bupchcnai
William W knowles, Joseph Chandler, n
member of New Castle countys 1918
grand Jury, Colonel George w Sparks
and William p. White Kent and Sussex
counties also were expected 10 send dele
CATIONS In behalf Of the bill
Senator Pool introduced State Board
of Health hills. heretofore explained. The
board has prepared nearly a dozen bills,
some of which have been introduced IN
the House
Pawnbrokers' interest, which Repre-
sentative Dsnzenbaker desires to reduce
now is 10 per cent per month
Both branches of the Legislature re-
cessed early so that the members might
have opportunity 10 lunch before the
public meeting to consider The Judges
salary hill.