Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-24
STILL SEE-SAW!NG
WITH SCHOOL LAW
AND NO CONCLUSION
Senate Passes a Bill to Repeal
Present Law, and Offers
Suggestion.
MATTER REMAINS IN THE AIR

STAFF Correspondence of Every Evening.
State House. Dover. March "a.
BY n vote of Ia to 3, with Senators
Bennett. Robertson and Walker dis
senting, the Senate, following brief dis
cussion, yesterday afternoon, passed
substitute for Senate bin %.
Senator Short introduced Senate bill
s5. which was entitled AN act to amend
chapter IS, volume 81. Laws of Della
ware entitled An act to repeal chapter
II of the Revised Code of the State
of Delaware. entitled public Schools
by providing for the assessment of
school captation tax upon male resi-
dents only"
The committee on education reported
the bill favorably, with the substitute.
which the Senate adopted in lieu of the
original.
AS substituted. Senate bill 95 repeals
the present State school laws aud re-
vises and re-enacts the school laws
that operated previous 10 1919. The
substitute bill also contains tho tax
features of Senate hill 2l9, entitled
An act to repeal chapters 1856 and 157.
volume 30. Laws Of Delaware. and TO
repeal chapter As. volume 81. Laws of
Delaware. and to revise and re-enact
all laws and parts of laws which by
the provisions OF said chapters We're
repealed" a School bill which the Sen
ate passed Monday night
The committee on education reported
the substitute for Senator Palmer.
After the passage Of Senate hill %
a substituted, Senator Palmer offered
the following resolution. which the
Senate adopted and sent 10 tho House.
Senate Makes Suggestion.
That the Senate respectfully suE-
gcsts to the House that. If the House
shall consider that there is constitu-
tionaI objection to the tax provisions
annexed to Senate bill 219 or to Senate
bill Is. the House shall amend either of
said bills by striking off the tax pro
visions and incorporating the same in a
House bill and return the Senate bill,
with amendment. to the Senate for its
concurrence. accompanied by the House
bin containing the tax provisions.
That for this purpose, Senate bill
PIG may be amended by striking out all
OF articles IA. 10. 16 and IL thereof and
incorporating the matter contained in
said articles in a House bill: or, for this
purpose, Senate bill 95 may be amended
bv striking out all Of section 6. entitled
articles II. is. l9 and 20. and incorporat-
ing the matter contained in said sec
ton and said articles in a House bill.
The House received and filed the
resolution.
The senate unanimously concurred
in the House bill appropriating $4,000
to assist in paying for the equestrian
statue of Caesar Rodney TO be erected
in Wilmington. General James II. Will
son. Colonel George a. Elliott and Rob
ert H. Richards requested concurrence.
State Road Money.
The Senate reconsidered and passed,
with amendments. the Senate bill au-
thorizing a state bond issue Of s2.10O.-
600 for the completion Of the road sys-
tenn proposed by the State Highway
Department. one amendment reduces
from $3.50. GOO TO sI50.000 annually for
30 years the State appropriation for
paying interest and redeeming bonds.
and another requires the department
to finish soon the systems chief artery.
extending from Selbyyine 10 Whining
ton.