Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-23
LEGISLATURE HELD
BRIEF SESSION
THIS MORNING
A Number of Bills Were lntroduc-
ed by Members Of the House
of Representatives
ACT
MINIMUM WAGE
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State House Dover, Jan. -
At bricl session of the House TINS
morning bills "a follows were introduced
BY Representative Danzenhaker tie
curing resident and nonresident owners
of portable steam engines operated on
roads IN the state to pay an annual reg
istration fee nf S25 Enabling the general
manager or any other authorized agent of
n corporation Ia apply for the registration
of motor vehicles belonging TO the cor
poration.
Bv Representative Buckson, Making
Saturday afternoon a legal holiday N
Kent county. making the period from
December Ia February - an open season
for killing muskrats
R, REPRESENTATIVE Jester Making It
unlawful to use king crabs for fertilizer
purposes. prohibiting the lFc oi certain
kinds oi seincS in trout fishing and making
II unlawful to engage IN such fishing he
tween O'Clock Saturday afternoon and
- o'clock Sunday night
Rv Representative Lyons Confirming
and validating certain acts ol married
women heretofore completed The acts
referred to comprise the transfer ot per
sona property by married women.
SENATE PASSES ptR~r MIL.
Soon after convcnlng thc Senate passed
2 Senate substitute Tor the Senate hlil
authorizing the governor to appoint
spectral constable to assist the receiver OF
taxes and county treasurer for Sussex
county IN collecting delinquent taxes.
The Substitute corrected defects III the
original draft During discussion Senator
Bennett said "SusscN county already has
enough con~tablc~ 10 do such work, hut
the, wont do il lie SAID the proposed
procedure would hc the only means nf
compelling payment and the receiver
wanted constable Who would work III
accord with him This i the first hIll
passed by tho Senate u tins term.
MINIMUM " AoE NIL
In tho Senate Senator Robertson nitro
duccd hill 10 create = minimum wage
commission fo Delaware.
The Minimum Wage bil was placed ~
Senator Rohcrtson's hands hy the Con-
sumcrs' League If Delaware
II provides for the creation u MINI
mum Wage Commission, consisting ni
three members, 20 he appointed by the
governor within go days after the passage
of the act Al lcast ono oi the commis-
sinncrS is to hc woman II y desired
that the members shall represent, re-
spectivcly. ono. employees, one. employers
and tho third To represent the general
public Their terms shall be three years,
and they shall serve without compcnsa-
tlon, except for expenses ot travelling
etc: IN short, anything connected WITH
their work An annual report ot thclr
work is 10 be submitted tothc governor oa
January | of each year hc commission
will have the power 10 appoint sccrc-
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fun carving out of their work Sessions
ni tins commission are 10 be held II least
once a month, and other meetings that
may be nccessitatcd bv current happen
ings Rules are TO hc adopted by this
commission for covering Investigations
and also they will create wage board 70
determine the standards to be set Tor the
carving out Of the minimum wage law
To make their work effective. the COM
mission would have the power 10 require
hv subpoena the attendance and tCstt-
mony Cf witnesses. and they Will also &c
able to call for an investigation OF all
books. registers, etc, 10 determine wheit-
or the law has been violated II he per
sons called by subpoena should refuse to
appear. the wage commission would have
the power To invoke the ald 81 the Court
f General Sessions Continued refusal 10
obey could be punished by the court, as
contempt Of court The commission viii
have the power to call To their assistance,
both in the carrying out Of their work and
in the determining Of 4 suitable wage scale,
any information and statistics that the
Labor Department has available.
DoMEsTICs Not INCLUDED.
The act requires that every employer
who has women or minors working for
him shall keep register OF the names and
addresses Of and the wages paid TO them
Their occupation must also be noted, as
we'll as the number Of hours per day and
week that they work II the commission
needs any further information from an
employer who has women or minors in
his employ. he will have to furnish il upon
request This register Of employees viii
have to be prepared and kept within 60
DAYS Of the passage of The act. When the
term 'Romcn" is used in connection with
the act. it always refers to a woman IS
years of age or over; the term 'minoT
means a person of either sex under Is
wears The act makes no provision for
domestic service in its regulations
II i significant that the act providpS