Evening journal., 1921-01-20

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crease is provided for Kent county, as
that county has a balance OF its last
appropriation. Another change that
this bill would make, should ii be-
come a law, is TO increase the month
ly payments that the commission
would be authorized to make to a
mother and her children.
Appropriations under the Mothers
Pension bill are made half by the
State and half by the counties.
The House received a cOmmunica-
ton from the Bible class OF st. Pauls
NJ. +. Church, Wilmington. protesting
against passage OF the Kramer boxing
bill.
Big Armory for City.
In 1919 the Legislature passed bill
to appropriate $4,000 for a State Ar
mory, when S2JO.O00 was raised by
private subscription to be added to
that amount. This money was never
used and today Representative COrbit
introduced in the House bill in
creasing the Stale Appropriation TO
100000 when s250OOO additional is
raised by private subscription.
While the bill does not specify, 1t
is understood that such an armory,
II erected, would be located in VIII
mington.
It is estimated that It would cost
about 100000, and the additional
$4,000 probably would be secured
from the sale OF the present armory
| in Wilmington.
Mr.. Corbit also introduced a bill to
| appropriate $500 for installing a
heating plant at the state Armory, in
| New Castle
DUPONT Money For Roads.
Representative b. +. Davis. OF Mil
| ford, introduced bill to transfer GER
| tain money turned over TO the state
| Treasurer by the Coleman dupont
/ Boulevard, incorporated. TO the State
/ Highway Department. for use by thai
/ department in building roads.
When General dupont, through the
| Boulevard Corporation, started WORK
on the boulevard. which Is a gift by
| him 10 the State, $500 for each mile Ol
/ the proposed road, as required by law
or a total OF $4,000, was deposited
with the state Treasurer as the road
is completed by sections this money
is returned. and $4,000 has been re-
turned TO General dupont 10 date
The bill today provides for turning
the remainder over TO the STATE
Highway Department to be applied tC
] tue tNHA vi new lUNu0.
This remainder is $4,000. which
means a gift OF that amount by Gen.
eral dupont to the Highway Depart
meni
Representative Otwell. OF Laurel
introduced three bills in the H0us,
this morning. one bill provides tha'
the Thursday following a general Ol
special election In Sussex count,
the inspectors Of election in the vari
Gus districts shall sell at public sal,
the election booths and all election
supplies remaining and turn On,
/ money over TO the county treasurer
Mr.. Otweh explained that in man,
districts Of that county even tn,
booths and all other supplies are dis
posed OF in some way following th,
elections. without the county gettin,
any financial return
Another bill by Mr.. Otwell make
the bonds OF the county officers O
, Sussex county subject 10 the ap
prOval Of the Levy Court and pro
? vides that said bonds be turned owe
TO the Levy Court for SAFE keeping
Mr.. Oiwelfs third bin provides tina
when money has been appropriate
. in Sussex county for a certain dis
trict for road work and is all spent
no more money can be spent in tina
b 'ulNlIltt lot Iudu Wofh until lNt Lev,
Court has made another apprOpria
tion for that district.
Bills Affecting MOrkhOuse.
Warden Plummer OF the New Casll
county wOrkhOuse came TO Dover thi
morning with several bills relative &
the institution and its inmates.
The most important OF these bill
provides for parole system. unde
i. this bhl il is provided that prisoner
convicted Of certain crimes can b
parOled under certain conditions afte
having served onc-third of their sen
/ tence. Those convicted OF murde
could be paroled after serving 1
years. The bills will probably be in
troduced by senator Lulz. Althoug
they had not been introduced up unit
noon today. some opposition has bee
expressed 10 the parole bill alread,
/ on the ground that it should be two
/ thirds instead Of one-third OF the sen
tencc served before they could be pa
rolled
/ u is likely that a concurrent reso
luton will be introduced in the Sen
ate this afternoon providing for