Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-05

C1endanicl. T.. !. Turner and J. f. vii
son. also members Of the committee.
were absent. George II. Miller. presi-
! dent Of the State Board of Education.
| A. K. Spaid state commissioner of edu-
/ cation John Shilling. assistant com
/ missioner. and Wilbur l.. Jump and III.
! V. Holloway. county superintendents Of
! schools, were summoned To explain
1 various items in the budgets.
/ Tho meeting was held in the State
! House the committee sitting ~ the
/ Supreme Court chamber. Newspaper
1 correspondence were excluded because
/ some committeeman did not want pub
/ licity given To- criticism Of the budgets.
| Accepted the budgets.
After an examination of the budgets
/ the chairman announced they We're
| in legal form. and the committee voted
| to present them to the Legislature
next Monday. Perusnl OF the resolu-
1 tion adopted by the General Assembly
| Just before IL took a recess disclosed
that the committee was not authorized
! to make changes in the budgets or
present them Ia the Legislature with
recommendations. The committee.
however. decided that the Budget bill
should originate in the House of Repre-
scntativcs-
The afternoon was devoted to con
sidoring two master sheets, which de-
tailed the proposed expenditures. All
tn, committeeman thought the budgets
were too high ana one member of the
committee declared they were drawn
With the idea Of personally interesting
legislators and getting the votes Of
those having personal interest in the
benefit OF certain districts. To enable
rural districts to obtain good teachers
a 10 per cent increase in the salaries of
such districts was favored. AZ items
on tho master sheets we're scanned
those that would be cut were discussed.
E,irNinc thu Iqlq-20 budget applicable
10 present requirements and desiring
il for comparison with the proposed bud
gets. the committee requested the state
Board uf Education 10 prepare a master
sheet containing details of the 1920
budget and send il 10 the committee
next Monday. when it viii probably
feature discussion Of the Budget bil.
Late in the afternoon the committee
adjourned until next Monday.
Say Law Is Imperfect
Asserting the states now school law
is imperfect persons in various com
munitles predict the General Assembly
will be called in special session before
the beginning Of the next scholastic
year for the purpose Of amending said
law or cnacting a substitute. No Off
cial information concerning the rumors
Was ohtainabIe here yesterday.
Legislators differ in opinions regard
inc the possibility of real estate and
personal property in Wilmington being
doubly taxed fer school maintenance.
Some members Of the Legislature WHO
came To Dover yesterday thought a
double tax could be levied in that city
without referendum and others stated
il could not hut after delibcfatiou most
~ them said they were too "hazy on
the question 10 give q positive answer
Th,> argued that the school bin signed
last hy Governor Dcnnry should apply.
hut trc1 did not know whether NJ
signed the state bin OF the Wilmington
bil last. other persons who have con
Sid,rcd tho two bills declared only Law
Sers OR the courts could settle the tax
dispute