Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-31
LIBERAL PAY FOR
ALL THE OFFICIALS
Of BOTH BODIES
Together With An Unusually
Large Number of Employees
of Various Kinds.
HOW THE CASH WAS Spent
STAFF Correspondence of Every Evening

STAFF correspondence of Every Evening
state House. Dover. March 81.
wb.p the senate refused 10 concur
in the House bill. appropriation OF e.
s0O 600 for the operation OF schoois i"i
,ho next school year, last eNthliie'
l.oethv argument cnsued and cnded IN
concurrent resolution being auop''"
-. adjourn until May 9. at which ''lit
~. state Board of Education VIII nav
completed an itemized huos"' %
f,,pds required. The Senate objected 70
,,a.s'.,c of the House bill which
,,,dc provisions for lump sum ap
,.'.i,r The two houses adjourned
1t 80. ,.,,,s.,
,,,,i lot. i'm the afternoon, when the gen
- ,nnrnpriation bills were brought
~ FOR massage The deyaq IN the prep
,.,tinn OF these bills accounted Tor the
,.lav hv the two houses
When the appropriation bill appeaIeu
the senate. lengthy argument ioi-
,..d an some Of its provisions. Wil"e
.ndments offered to the general mea-
Thought forth considerable discus
AS a result. neither house was
!. adjourn until 80, and legisia-
,...,... compelled 10 remain IN DoNeE
night.
Contest over Appropriations.
TN, 6rSt questions raised in the sen
:. III tn. Appropriation bill took place
II. IN. increase of the state Shehlls's
~ rr,fn $4,000 to $4,000. ana pro
,.n ,,f 81 600 for a contingent luhu
~. s>tut,. treasurer To collect income
+. ,h, vear 1879. over winch some
..'...t,..n had developed. following inter
,t..tio3 az amendments 70 TIC State
naomi, TAX law. Ivy thc attorney s'A-
erals o;hcv. - -
Sen,ta, Eohiusoa claimed mat thc
#, measure. were no. legal. 'iallhl'e
,,t thev should not b" lnrIuuta ~ Wy
.,,,.,..ti,n act. unless an act had
In lassed making such prov Nls'oI'' III
-all. discussion took place over
40 provisions but the bill was
.iI, uasscd without any chahst ~
SIS particular. ,,...eo, fo,-
mid Welfare Commission was
"a. - tbe drst amendment offered b\
80. walker. which was seconded bA
,t,, Roberts tson. Senator short he-
- that the motion was out OF
- Ea said that the COMMISSION
81 been given every opportunity Loi 'iiC
r.sentation OF their claims ne So
.b,t any other State organization ma"
~. same right TO ask for an lhcl 20. eaS'
,hair appropriation. He said the
,,,.,,dnoent should be voted down. me
IN, ~ sos. 900 had already been allowed
IA, this organization
saDato.- Walker said il was never too
~. Ia do good and said that ne couiu
80, agree with Senator snort. iH'
,,,ea s1lre PASSED the Senate Win -nessL >
Auee. Bennett. Lutz. Palmer ~ iiTlI -
l.ol,ertson. Walker, Handy anu "
,oting in favor and Messrs' tiol,N.i's ,.1
Insley. Murphy. McIntlre ana 0hoi u'S
senting. r.. r,,ade
The second amendment oHeIeu ii''Aul
Teton for $4,000 additional for the
IL,,,.ara Industrial School for Girls
1-o,De offered by Senator Walker II
exnlained that the original measure
,.-ox-ided $4,000. but that TINS hgure
"a bean cut to So 900. This ameho-
,,,o,, nassed finally with a 81 vote
lF,--.s Tnslev. Murphy, Mclntlre anu
short dissenting
The third amendment. made pro
,;s;on for s. 600 for the state Board ol
r,barities and was voted down by q -
&c Much argument took place OF
,Lis measure. Senator Short explained
that former Governor Miller mao sdle
,Iat II the State Board Of Charities Ole
- moro work 10 do, there wa:
-, fo,. making any provision foi
c.. IN. organization. He helC
that the measure should be voted GOWN
senator Palmer held that there was
no necessity for this bill. saying tha'
the state Board of Charities was iuhc'
TONED by one man anyway
Senator Murphy interposed' with th'
statement that enough money mad al
ready been wasted this session. POI
the first vote being taken, there was
,-ote of for and 6 against the amend
,aent Some question then arose as L
whether the amendment had received
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