Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-07
NEW CHARTER BILL
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Other bills as follows were introduced
i'm the House:
BY Representative Mnrr. regulating
the practice of chiropody.
Limiting the number OF notaries
public In New Castle county to aS, In
Kent to 10. and In Sussex to 90.
BY Representative Warrington, ap-
propristing sum of money, yet to be
fixed, for connecting Indian river with
the Atlantic Ocean.
BY Representative Frank Hall Davis.
increasing To $4,000 per nnnum tho
salary of the State detective residing
in Wilmington and 10 1900 the salaries
of other State detectives.
By Representative Kinder, I'm skele-
ton. relative To elections at Greenwood
and increasing the amount of money
the town may raise by taxation.
BY Representative Brown. authoriz-
ing Camden to borrow $4,000 for inn
provements to water plant; appropriat-
ing $4,000 for agricultural demonstra-
tion work and Home economies.
For Civil War Pictures.
BY Representative Henry Wilson,
creating commission composed of
Senator Alice and Representative Buck
ingham. to have "a representation OF
some scenes of the War of the Re-
bellion put In the State Capitol and ap-
propriating $4,000 therefor.
by Representative Corht abolishing
tho offices of district asseHsors I'm VIII
mington and hundred assessors in New
Castle county
BY Representative Otwell. enlarging
the boundaries of Delmar; increasing
from $4,000 to s12 900 per annum the
amount of money Laurel may raise by
taxation.
BY Representative Gray. permitting
women to vote at town elections in
Seaford
BY Representative Clark. providing
for the summoning of witnesses for
INDECENT defendants and requiring the
State TO pay the fees to such witnesses.
To Arrange for Visit.
The General Assembly adopted
resolution providing for the appoint
rnent of joint committee To arrange
for the Legislatures visit 20 Farnhnrst.
Claymont and Wilmington, on We'd
nesday
New BILLS in senate.
bills introduced in the Senate in
cluded the following
by Senator short, amending tho
charter of Milford by allowing women
to vote at town elections
by Senator Palmer. limiting to 30
pcr cent Of their capacity the amount
that trucks may haul over the state
highways at certain periods OF the
year: requiring all vehicles not now re-
quired to do so to carry lights at night
when using the public roads.
BY Senator Murphy. appropriating
$500. 900 for the construction of state
aid roads I'm Kent county.
ny Senator Alice. enlarging the pow
ers Of the state auditor and appropriat-
ing $4,000 for the use of the auditor
in employing expert accountants. shook
keepers and other asssfetants in eN-
an,lninc the accounts of tho State dc
partments, commissions. institutions.
etc. :
Nv Senator Robertson. giving the
CITY Council Of Wilmington authority
TO license and regulate taxi cabs. pro
yitcd the license does not exceed $40
per motor.
Nv Senator Lutz. increasing the pen
oltv for violation of the law prohibiting
the sale Of narcotic drugs to $4,000 fine.
ten years imprisonment, or both.
Rv Senator Price. amending the
charter of Smyrna by allowing wom-
en- to vote at town elections.
NcNabb Takes a Look In.
Former Representative J. Edward
McNabb. Of Wilmington, sized W" the
Legislature today.
Democratic legislators had a confer
ence. this afternoon, 10 consider their
attitude on some of the proposed legss-
latioH.
Soldiers Bonus Bin.
Ranrosentative Virden introduced the
Soldiers Bonus Referendum bill in the
House this afternoon. The bill was
proDared by committee representing
the exservice men of the State and
the Legislative committee of the Della
ware department of the American
Legion 1t is patterned after the Bonus
Referendum bill of New Jersey and that
of New York State. The one in New
York State carried at the last election
by a majority of a half-million votes in
the Statewide referendum.
The bill presented by Representative
Virden calls for a referendum TO be
taken at the general election in
November. 1922. and every voter in
the State would be given an oppor-
tunity to say whether the state should
extend adjusted compensation TO its
sons who fought in the war. II the
proposed law is CaFFleu ny die iehe1eh-
dun. the State would then pay 10 all
its ex-service men who applied, not in
excess of ten dollars per month for each
month of service and not 10 exceed one
hundred dollars to any one man
A State Bonus Commission is created.
as we'll as the machinery to put the act
into effect should it be approved at the
next general election.
New Bridge Bill.