Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-23
SESSION EXTENDED
WITHOUT RECESS
TO CLOSE FRIDAY
Continued from page l

sisted on a night session.
Representative Gray withdrew the
motion, and several Representatives
suggested consuming of night absentees.
The House defeated Representative
Kramer's motion to discontinue night
sessions. also his motion that the House
continue at work until o'clock this
morning.
During discussion Representative y.
r. Davis declared legislators trifling
of time is a disgrace. lie said he had
been elected a member of the Legis-
lature but once and he did not want
to serve therein again.
After this interruption the House re-
sumed the transaction of business and
continued In session until midnight.
No business engaged the attention of
the Senate last night.
House Bills Concurred In.
The Senate, yesterday afternoon, con-
CURED in the following House bills:
Providing for the reorganization of
the National Guard.
Providing for the establishment of
Bureau of War Records.
Recurring Boards of Education in
counties and special school districts to
provide part-time educational oppor-
tunities in general, civic and vocational
subjects for all persons under l6 years
of age who are not in attendance upon
full-time day school
The Soldiers Bonus bill was report
ed "on it's merits" to the Senate.
Unfayorable Reports.
The following House bills were re-
ported unfavorably TO the House.
Authorizing the state Board OF Health
to publish a monthly bulletin.
Relating TO the control of disca ses
dangerous TO the public health
Providing for the free distribution Of
diptheria anti-toxin and for the free
distribution of material necessary TO
immunizc persons against diptheria
Providing Tor matron and an as
sistant matron of the detention house
of the Juvenile Court.
Fixing the salaries OF the three paid
assistants to the chief probation officer
of the Juvenile Court and granting
necessary expenses TO the two proha-
ton officers doing investigation work.
Extending the jurisdiction of the
Juvenile Court to New Castle county.
Providing for the establishment of n
chair of highway engineering in the
School Of Engineering of Delaware Col
lege and appropriating money for the
maintenance of the same.
Appropriating $4,000 TO secure
| suitable building TO he used ~ n de
| tention house for the Juvenile Court.
Providing for the preservation OF
/ trees on the Dover Green.
| Two Brandywine Bridges.
! BY a vote Of 90 to =. the House. last
night, passed the House bin authorizing
/ the Levy Court az New Castle county.
| al such time as II deems expcdient. to
borrow $500. 900 for the erection Of two
bridges over the Brandywine. one al or
naar Eleventh street and the other At
! or near Market street. in Wilmington.
REPRESENTATIVES, Corbit Frank Hall
Davis. Lord, Medill and Stats voted
negatively.
! County Engineer Charles f. Gruhh
stated the Eleventh street bridge wonlo
probably be built first, as traffic would
not perrit the start Of work on the
Market street structure prior 10 the
completion az the Washington street
| bridge. -,
Representative Corbit opposed the hill
because he thought too many bridges
/ have been built in Wilmington recently
ua said the bill would increase the
county's Indebtedness
Representative Kramer argued tha'
new bridges would increase real estate
! values in adjacent territory
/ 7-ha House passed the House bil!
| ,,c-aa sing the salary OF the state de-
| tactiya resident in New Castle county
/ fror, 81 200 10 1000 per annum ana
| he salaries Of the detectives resident
! ~ Kent and Sussex counties from 81
/ 200 TO $500
~ vote Of Is 70 3. the House de
coated the House bIll requiring puoIlc
! carriers Of freight to transport an
| freight received by them for transpor-
| +a.ion 70 the point Of destination on
schedule time. Representatives KIN
. de,. Otvell and Schneider voted Tor the
bill. 80 =,
creasinx the compensation OF election
officers from $3.50 70 $40 per day.
The House concurred IN the Seha'e
hill incorporating the Commercial trust
Co. Of Wilmington.
Farmers Bank Directors.
The House c0ncurred in Senate joint
rasoi,,tions appointing j. Ernest Smith
| Davtd SneIIenburg and Ezekiel Cooper
| S+a+e directors Of the Wilmington
branch Of the Farmers Bank, Governor
! william d. Denney. Cornelius 3. Hope
and William Watson Harrington state
directors of the Dover branch and for
,ner Governor John G. Townsend. Jr-
William J. Thoroughgood and Walter
3. Hilyard State directors Of the George
town branch.
The House reconsidered and restored
TO its calendar the Senate bin confer
ring on the secretary Of State power tc
revoke or suspend the registration oi
motor vehicles or motorcycles and IL
censes to operate. on motion of Rep
resentative Mari the bill was agar
nut on third reading and the House by
a vote of 10 to 3. with Representative
Clark, Kinder and Stats voting mega
lively. concurred therein. Louis II. d'