Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-17
FREE LIBRARY BILL,
CARRYING CITY MD,
PASSED BY SENATE
y Aims to Assure Erection OF
Fine Library Building at
Tenth and Market SITS.
PROVIDES FOR 100000 LOAN

Special Dispatch from stan correspondent
State House. Dover. March L.
Tho senate. this morning. passed the
Senate hill authorizing the Mayor anu
Courvil of Wilmington TO aid the W
paington Institute in paying iol nv
erection and equipment OF library
building for a free library and reauihk
room in said city.
senator robertson and Henry Ridge
". "A Dover lawyer. spoke IN oehah VI
,hc hin They said the building Will
he erected on S25o'ooo site on III,
so,,h side of Tenth street between
Market and King. and the structure will
cos, $500 600. Of which 100000 has been
obtained bv subscriptions and S2oo,ooo
viii be raised by a bond issue fioated oE
The Mayor and Council
The Wilmington Institute has a bora
,ide offer of $3.50. 900 for its present
building and the proceeds or the saIe
will be applied TO the maintenance Oh
the free library and reading room I"
which the Mayor and Council VIII aiso
contribute. The new property VIII be
decided to the city. 80
The Senate also passed the senate oHi
authorizing the town Of lewes &c Dor
row money for light and water systems
Are plugs and sewers.
Charter Action Sustained.
immediately after the House met this
,orr;np REPRESENTATIVE Corbit re
ouested notation on the journal OF
protest against the reporting OF me
wilmington city charter bill. last nieht
in the absence of a quorum
Speaker Paskey ruled that the pres
ertation and acceptance Of the report
were regular. as the proceedings TOOK
mace prior 10 the raising Of the poin'
Of no quorum.
Representative Corbit accepted tnt
ruling.
Representative Gray and Clendanie
criticized the House for not compelling
a working attendance in the eveninf
after adopting resolution providinf
for four night sessions each week. They
intirnated that they would not TemaiI
in Dover over night il less than
quorum stayed here.
The House concurred in the Senate
bill prohibiting the binding out @
children. but authorizing their ''placins
out.
Another School Bill.
The Senate and House. on the sus
restion of Speaker Paskey. have ap
pointed a Joint committee TO draft an'
present another State School bill.
The committee consists OF SENATOR
Walker. Short, Robertson, Murphy ant
Insley. and Representatives Otwen, Diil
buckingham. Corbit and 7. W. Tur
ner.
Attorneys will be employed 70 assis
In drafting the bill, the framing Of whicl
will begin Immediately.
Previous to the appointment Of III
committee Republican Senators con
ferred with Governor Denney on Tn
subject. In the selection OF the com
,nittee II vas decided that three Re
nublicans and two Democratic Sena
tors and three Democratic and two Re
publican representatives should be ap
rointed thereto. II was also agreed tha
he committeeman. should comprise 81
of the legislators who disapproved G
The School bill defeated yesterday.
For Repeal of Present Law.
Advocates Of the repeal OF tn
present school law are becoming Rctiv'
Representative Schneider who intrc
duced the proposed repeater. has re
ouested the committee on revised sta
tutes 10 report the bill 10 the Hous
this afternoon.
There is under consideration pro
posal that, should the committee refus
10 accede TO the request, Reptesents
tives petition the House TO call out IN
bill Proponents of repeal want tr
House 10 take final action on the II
pealing act this week.