Milford chronicle., 1919-04-18
BILLS RECORDED PASSED
Which WERE KILLED
Errors on Part Of Legislative Officials
Causes NOn-PresentatiOn of the
Vehicle Bill

Governor Townsend on Monday
signed the new School Code bill, pass
ed nv the General Assembly. Under
the provisions of the bill the Governor
will appoint all of the scnool commits
sioners for one year. after which they
will be elected by the voters OF each
district.
Inquiry was made at the State House
Monday concerning House Bill NO. %
in relation to motor vehicles. The Dill
was introduced by Representative Dan
zenbaker and was supposed to nave
passed both houses, but upon inVestl-
cation II has been learned that the
hin has not been received by the Gov
ernor. neither was it included in the
list of bills as taken to the Office OF
Secretary of State Johnson. Neither
the receipt books nor the list of pass
ed bills sent to the Secretary's of1ce
nv the chairman of the passed bills
committee of the house show any rec
ord of this bill having reached there.
Because of the missing of bill two
wears ago, relative to the bailifs OF
New Castle County Courts which was
said to have been passed by both the
houses of Legislature but failed to
reach the Governor, special pains were
taken at the recent session of the Leg
islature by the Secretary of State to
see that no "double-crossing" might
be charged to his offices this time. AS
bills were brought to the office, they
were not only receipted for in the DooK
of receipts, presented by the chairman
of the passed bills committee, but at
the end of each week and even on the
last day, another record of all bllls
passed by both houses was submitted
to the office under the signature Of the
chairman of the passed bills commit
tee. Both of these records bear out
the correctness of the contention.
Where House Bill 66 is no one seems
to know.
Question also has arisen over bill
which passed the House by a vote OF
10 yeas and l nay, and was supposed
to have been killed or allowed to die
in the Senate, but which appears to
have passed both houses and was sign
ed by the Governor on Thursday of
last week, enrolled copy having the |
signatures of both speakers and both |
clerks of the Houses. 1t is House Bill
No. 212, introduced by Representative
Jakes on February II, providing for an
increase in the salaries OF the deputy
sheriffs of Kent and Sussex counties
and also for the appointing of a dep
uty in the office of the clerks of the
peace in Kent and Sussex. The no
tations on the original bill show that
it was reported on its merits and be-
fore final action was taken an amend
ment was offered eliminating the Sus
sex county deputy sheriff and clerk OF
the peace, leaving the bill to apply
only to Kent county deputy sheriff and
clerk of the peace. The bill in its
amended form passed the House on
March 25 by a vote of 10 yeas to nay
and on the same day was sent to the
Senate. The notations on the bill as
to the action in the Senate shows that
it was concurred in by that body on
March %, and the book of the secre-
tary to Speaker Corbit also shows the
bill to have been returned from the
Senate, March 25, as concurred in.
With this data, all of which is clear,
and properly attested to by both clerks
and presiding officers, Governor Town
send approved the measure.