Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-24
FOR SMALLER BOARD
OF EDUCATION FOR
CITY OF WILMINGTON
House Committee Makes Favor
able Report on Bill for Body
of Seven Members.
SOME OPPOSITION is RAISED

Stan Corresp ,ndence of Every Evening.
state House. Dover. March "a.
After listening TO lengthy argument.
The committee on education. yesterday
afternoon. decided to report favorably
to the House Of Representatives today
tho Senate hill creating a seven-member
Board of Education for Wilmington.
Mrs. Donald =. Ashbrook and =. War
r,n Green pleaded for a favorable re-
port. and former Senator Thomas F.
Gormley former Representative John
D. MCNabh. Messrs. Banton. Campbell
and Draper. members of the present
Board of Education. and NJ. Howard
Jester its secretary. vigorously opposed
the making Of such report.
Some Assessment Provisions.
The House. yesterday afternoon.
passed the House hill relating to the
Nrw Castle county Board of Assessment
and containing the following provisions:
1T shall be the duty of the ContraC-
tor or builder erecting any new build
ing or buildings. or making any re-
pairs. alterations or improvements 10
any old building or buildings in New
castle county outside of Wilmington
which shall exceed in cost the sum Of
Sloo. To file within 80 days from the
date of the beginning Of operations
detailed description and the estimated
cost ot such improvements with the
Board of Assessment Of New Castle
county.
1T shall he the duty of the trustees
Of the various school districts Of New
castle county outside of Wilmington.
upou the request of the Board Of As
sessment 10 furnish "A complete list for
the respective school districts of all per
SONS who have arrived AZ y years OF
age since the preceding assessment. or
have become residents of the county.
and the names Of those who have re-
moved. The trustees 80 reporting sa1H
receive as compensation 10 cents FOR
each name reported.
An property. real and personal. sub
i,ct 10 assessment shall hc assessed at
its true value in money. For such pur-
pose il shall be lawful for the Board
al Assessment 90 enter into an agree
m.nt with the proper authorities Of
aav city. town or municipality in New
Cs-tI, county To- inspect and copy any
. ~Smcnt made for local purposes II,
s. thr opinion ot majority of the
Board 81 Assessment such local assess
rttrt Assesses all property al its true
,...uc rs money. then the Board Of As
~rssmert shall have the right 70 adopt
-lfrA local ass, Ssntut as the assessment
t.r county purposes II the Board oi
t-Sc-ssat.u au any member thereof shall
l..uRIug.s arl Wliuly value or assess
.tny property up.n ans other principle
than its true value i'll money. each of
the members 81 said board participating
therein shall bc deemed guilty OF mis-
dcu,aror and shall bt fined in any sum
I.t exceeding $loo.'
work OF the Day.
Tho House struck from its calendar
,.e House bill relating - the commit
mont of prisoners sentenced by the
C.ur,- III General Sessions and oyer and
T.rlniner II Kent and Sussex counties
TN. House passed the House bill in
c.eastne from S75 10 S5o0 for the year
1927 The Kent county Lesy Courts ap-
l.rapriatiou to I.ttlc Greek fir street i'm
lEoVcments
With only Representative Frank Hail
DAVIS dissenting the House. by vote
af ~ 10 i. passed The House bill appro-
f.iating $4,000 IL assist IL paying for
the equestrian statue Of Caesar Rodney
I. Ice erected in Wilmington. The cost
a.. the statue IS s34 o00 Of which $2o,-
Oo0 has been raised by subscriptions.
General James H. Wilson eulogized
caesar Rodney and requested passage
al thc bill. and Representatives Brown
and Corbit commended it,
Representative Frank Hall Davis
argued that because Cesar Rodney was
born near Dover he should be me
n5orialized in the State House or on the
Dover Green.
Robert II Richards mentioned that a
monument 10 Rodney has been put IN
u Dover cemetery and contended that
the proposed statue should be erected
H. Wilmington because it is on the
route of Rodncy's famous ride.
The Hous. PASSED the House hill en-
abling Sussex county descendants Of
IL Nanticoke tribe Of Indians 10 estab-
ll+h schools for their children.
As substitute for the House bill
amending chapter - Of the Revised
code. relating 10 the Department Of
Elections 70. the city OF Wilmington,
the House. by a partisan vote of 20 10
fs. Democrats voting affirlnatively and
Republicans negatively passed a House
li authorizing a double set of election
officers for the First Election district
al the Fifth Representative district of
Kent county.
Representatives Corbit and Lord de-
cllrcd the hill was being improperly put
bttore the House and pointed out that
the titles and subject matter Of the two
measures were completely at variance.
After the House had adopted the sub