Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-31
SOLONS At DOVER
HAVE ENACTED BUT
Z STATE STATUTES
One-thnd Of the Legislatures Ses-
sion Passes With Scarcely
Anything Accomplished.
HOUSE FIRST TO SCORE. :
stan Correspondence Of Every Evening


STATE HorsE. DOVER, JAN. 81.
During the past ~ DAYS, more than one
third of the legislative term. the General
Assembly enacted but two laws. Enact
ment WAS recorded Yesterday afternoon,
when the House concurcd IN the senate
substitute for the Sena,c bili authorizing
the appointment of a constable Tor the
office of the receiver ot taxes ana county
treasurer OF Sussex county (the ilrSt law
cnacted) and the Senate hlil recurring the
income tax clerk to bond IN the sum oi
$50. 600
Renrescntative McNabb objected to
the bill providing for the constable be-
cause It created an office.
Represcntativc Hastings did not think
The constable was nc.ded, and he did not
like the Language Of The hill--it SAID the
receiver shall name and the levy Court
"appoint" heretofore the court has
manned.
MIR. MCNabb stated the court Is COM
posed of two Democrats and ono Re
publican and declared the design ot the
bill was Ia Curtaii Democratic power.
Representative Lyons told his col
leagues the hill passed the Senate nnan-
imouslv. lie sand the receiver wanted
someone to assist him III collecting taxes
ANU iit ltttiNtt StiF'ltNt ~ II hA'iifNNN'
name his assistant
ReprcSentatrvc Parker stated the re-
ccivcr desired Ia name the constable ts,-
cause 500 Sussex county taxablcs are
delinqucnts
Representative Soper sad the bill re
6ectcd on the court 5 ability 90 perform
ITS duty.
Dcputv Tax Receiver Ryan was granted
the nrlyileCr ~ the floor and spoke IN
behalf oi the ml. and Representative
Ilovd did lkcWiSc
The House ConrurWd by . party vote,
10 RepuhhcanS voting IN the affirmative
and IL Democrats III tho negative
II was trlvatcl> said The constable had
been appointed thc receiver naming i
Democrat for The position.
The vote on the hll requiring the in
come tax clerk to bond Was unanimous.
REcouWrr mn.
senator Robertson called NJ for third
reading. the senate Till increasing the
,alarrcS of the chancellor, the chief justice
and the aS~orlatc judges and Senator
HANDY moved hat It hc rccommitted
Senator Gorincv asked Mr.. Handy to
explain his motion
MIR Hand, SAID the sentiment of the
tir,incc committee had changed since Il
reported ia, bill iavorahIv and conse-
utIentlv thu committeeman wished TO re-
CONSIDER tho report
MIR Robertson stated the alleged change
af sentiment could IL best expressed bv a
direct vote on the bill and appealed for
immediate action
Mr.. Gornlev said objections ~ the bill
should bc made publicly, instead Of priv-
atelN.
MIR. Handy insisted that the bin bc.
rr,ummItted. and his motion was adopt
cd BY the following vote
Acas-Scnators Alice Bennett, HANDY.
Hollett I4stta. Murphy, Palmer. Price.
Richards, Short, Walker and Webster
l.
Nays Senators Brown, Gormlcv, Long
Pool and Rohertson-5.
The Senate 10y vote Of Is Ia ]. Senator
Brown Republican. and Senator Murphy
Democrat. voting IN the negative. passed
ihc Senate bill proposing an amendment to
the Constitution. increasing the compensa-
tion OF the members of the General Assem-
blv
The House passed the House bin in
creasins from $500 to $500 ucr wear. the
Levy Court appropriation to he town OF
Wyoming Tor the Improvement Of streets
REPORT rAvoRABIY.
House bills Is follows were rpportad
fsvorably 10 the House Concerning
bank deposits of dcccdents: relating to
sales OF land by executors and atirnluistrat-
ors: requiring dealers to keep 4 record Of
sales OF deadly weapons, relating 10 deeds
gwen prior to January ! 1919: making
competent as witnesses, persons formerly