Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-09
TAX FEATURES
OF SCHOOL LAW
CAUSE TROUBLE
Manner of Collection a Hard
Problem for Legislators
to Solve.
NO TRADING OF VOTES
STAR Correspondence of Every Evening.

STAR Correspondence OF Every Evening.
State House, Dover, Feb. 9.
The manner of collecting the taxes to
be imposed by the School Tax bill is
bothcring the Senate and House COM
mittees on education, citizens COM
mittee and Luther II. Gulick, a tax ex-
pert, who are drafting the bill. Robert
G. Houston of the citizens committee
told the House yesterday afternoon
he said the creation of a special depart
ment or commission to collect is being
considered.
Representative Clark. chairman of
the I.ouse committee on education, had
aske3 that the committee be permitted
to go TO an anteroom for work. nut. on
suggestion of Representative Il. +. Da-
Wis. the trainers of the bill we're invited
to appear before the House. Mr.. Hous-
ton and DIR. r. w. Cooper, also OF the
citizens committee, accepted the invi-
tation.
Mr.. Houston reminded the House that
a bill providing for corporation iuc ONE
and personal int6,;sC taxes laAd been M
troduCed In .jslIsOG form and said The
manner of 1cIl,c cling the taxes - tBc
most pcrplexing question. He annspS-
eG that i,lInc States have TAN depart
ments or su1missiOns He said tbs
State treasurer does not want 10 COL
lect the proposed taxes and the draiters
of th.. bill would not provide for any
new d,yartment or commission without
consulting the General Assembly.
Ir. Cooper also made explanatory
remarks
Tie House thanked Mr.. Houston and
DR.. Cooper for accepting the invitation
No Trading In Votes.
The Senate yesterday afternoon
upanir,ouslv passed the Senate Bill
making il unlawful for any Legislator
10 promise to vote for or against any
legislative measure in return Tor or IN
consideration Of the vote or the promise
10 vote for any other legislator for or
against another legislative measure
Senator Alice explained that ne lnusN
duced the bill for a very prominent
citizen who is Interested IN good GOV
ernment. He and Senators Palmer ana
Murphy praised the bill and stated they
believed il does not reflect on any
p,o,nhcrs of the present Legislature.
Senate Bills Passed.
The Senate also passed the following
Senate bills:
Extending the time for the Bank OF
Milford 10 become a national hank.
Iucrea sing the DOnO OF the - e-1SaAo 9.
Of Sussex county from $4,000 TO sso,-
geo.
Business I'm the House.
The House recommitted 10 the COM
n,ittee on municipal corporation Tor
amendment the House bill increasing
from 500 TO $1,000 per annum the
amount OF money the Levy Court OF
New Cnstle county shall pay 70 Town
.erd for street improvements Repre-
sentative Corbit thought $1,000 exceeds
the amount Of road taxes the court col
,erts in the town. and Representative
Lee vho introduced the bill. admitted
that the proposed refund is a little
more" than the sum collected.
The House passed the following house
bills:
Increasing from 81 900 TO $500 per
.nnuno the amount OF money Frederfca
may raise by taxation.
Authorizing Delnar TO borrow Sl.oeo
for improving Immediately the oralh-
sxe facilities Of the town.
Providing that taxpayers, instead OF
the alderman and commissioners. shall
hold town elections in Newport and In
e-aasnc from $1,000 70 $4,000 per an
nun, the amount Of money the town
may raise by taxation.
The House concurred in the Senate
hill providing for the whipping OF per-
eons convicted Of highway robbery.