Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-22
| |SEM|-MONTHLY
| WAGE BILL DEAD
1t Was Killed in the Lower Branch
of the Legislature by Vote
of Ia to 10.
Stan Correspondence OF Every Evening

STATE HOUSE, Dover, April %.
BY a vote of Ia to 10, the House oil
REPRESENTATIVES Yesterday afternoon killed
the scmi-monthly wage bill. During. a
brief discussion Representative McNabb
said he introduced il for empolyes OF the du
Pont Company. Voting on the bill
resulted as follows:
s-Danzenbaker, Francis, Ham
ratty, Hart, Hastings, Jester, klair,
Lord, Lyons, Parker, Snow, Soper, ,. )
Warrington and Corbit.
Yeas~-Brooks, Clendaniel, Dean, Har-
desty, McNabb, Mulvena, Paradee, Qulg-
ley, J. W. Smith and J. ID. Warrington.
The House, by a vote OF Is to ~,
passed the House bill increasing the
contingent fund of Wilmingtons Depart
ment of Elections from sl,500 TO s3,ooo
Brooks, Clendaniel, Danzenbaker, iran
els, Gregg, Hanratty ,Jakes, Jester, Jones,
Klair, Lloyd, Lord Lyons, Parker, Snow,
Soper ]. ID. Warrington and Corbit voted
affirmatively and Dean, Hardesty, Hart,
Hastings. McNabb. Murine, Paradee,
Qugley, Sherwood, j. w. Smith, stasts
and s. J. Warrington negatively.
On reconsideration and by vote OF ~
TO II. the House passed the House bill
authorizing attachment of automobiles
on claims for repairs and supplies.
Voting on the bill resulted as follows:
Yeas Brooks, Bunting Danzenbak ker.
Dean, Francis. Gregg Hanratty, Jakes,
Jester. Jones, lllnir, Lyons, Paradee,
Parker, Quigley, II. ). Smith. Snow,
]. u. Warrington and $. J. Warrington.
Nays-C -Clendaniel, Hardesty, Hart
Ilovd. Lord. MeNabb, Murine, Null
vena, ]. w. Smith, Stats and Corblt.
The House passed the House bull re-
auiring Sussex county TO pay out of its
million-dollar road fund the cost OF
paving certain streets in Incorporated
towns,
NEW KENT ASSESSMENT PLAN.
With Representatives Hastings and
Soper dissenting, the House concurred IN
the Senate bill providing o new system
Of assessment for Kent county.
The House also concurred IN the iol-
lowing Senate bills: Admitting Wawaset
Heights to the corporate limits OF VIII
mington enabling the state Highway
Department to increase the salary OF ITS
secretary from $4,000 to s5,uuo per
annum increasing the salary OF the
road engineer for Kent county from
81 500 TO s2.400 per annum.
On motion Of Representative MeNabb,
the House struck from its calendar the
House bill proposing a constitutional
abolishing the office OF
HELP ron CoLoRTD COLLEGE.
Despite objection by Representatives
McNahb and Lloyd. who said It was too
late to take up new business and protested
against more donations from the state
treasury. Representative Lyons was per"
mitted to introduce bill approprlating
so 900 10 the State College for Colore0
Students To enable if Go install sewage
system and repair buildings
The House bill requiring railroad COM
panies to provide drinking water IN cars
Of passenger trains was reported on its
merits to the House.
KENT "mPrsE' IN THE Horsr.
Favorable report was made TO INC
House on the Senate bill (so-caiied
''ripper') providing threc-commissioner
LEVY Court for Kent county =,
The Senate passed the Senate blll
Kent county to borrow
money for the permanent improvement
Of certain highways.
HEALTH BOARD SUSTAINED.
Rva vote of II to :. the Senate defeated
the following Tb~niuAtbAts NhiNh "@1 ~
sented by Senator Bennett;
Whereas, There is provision OF law
that where there shall be an order Tor
vaccination, promulgated by the state
Board Of Health. where persons affected
bv said order who are not financially able
to bear the expenses of said vaccination
are entitled TO have the vaccination per-
formed at the cost of the state. and
Whereas. In the recent order Tor vacci-
nation in Sussex county 10y the State
Board of Health no notice was gwen by
the State Board of Health of this pro-
vision so that persons entitled TO Tree
should know that they were
entitled TO the same: now therefore be IT
Resolved, That the State Board OF
Health be and it is hereby censured Tor
It's lack of consideration in the premises
and disregard of its duties.
Voting on the resolution resulted as
follows:
Nays-Allee. Brown, Gormley, Hollett,
T.atta, Long. Murphy, Pool. Price,
Robertson and Walker.
Yeas-Bennett, Handy, Highheld'
d. f,,or arJ Short