Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-19
NEW SCHOOL BILL
TO Be FORMULATED
BY STATE SENATE
Senate Committee Charges Com
mittee Of House With Failure
to Take Action.
WILL DRAW SENATE BILL
Starf Correspondence Of Every Evening
State House. Dover, March 10.

State House, Dover, March ~
Senators Walker, Short. Handy, Muir
ply and Insley comprising n committee
appointed by the President prOtempore.
presented TO the Senate yesterday after
noon the following report. which the
Senate approved
THE House, by formal action. defeat ted
House bill 14l. providing for the estab
lishment of adequate froe schools for
tho State of Delaware. Immediately
after this action n committee of the
House appointed by it's Speaker for
the purpose of comforting with "A simi-
lar committee OF tho senate. At the
invitation Of the House, your committee
was appointed and in the performance
of its duties requested the House com
mittee to submit such bill IA IL deemed
proper or to make such suggestions as
Il wished to communicate. The two
committees met, but the House com
Inittee neither submitted a new bill
nor made any suggestion in furtherance
Of the enactment OF a school law. Your
committee would therefore respectfully
report thnt the House Of Representa-
tivcs having defeated the bill drafted by
the citizens committee and recon-
mcndcd for adoption by the committees
on education Of both House and Senate
there Is no alternative but for the Sen
ate now 10 act on it's own initiative and
formulate. consider and pass such school
bill as in it's Judgment should bc en-
acted by the Legislature A conference
committee with the House becomes nee
oasary only IN event that the Hous"
should disagree in any way with any
action " the Senate
a cony Of the report was transmitted
10 the House, which deferred action
thereon.
The Senate. yesterday afternoon, put
on third reading the Senate bill Great
ing a seven member Board ~ Educs
ton for Wilmington and after adopt
ing three amendments deferred further
action ono amendment authorizes
CITY Council. instead OF the board 20
borrow money for tho erection and
equipment of school buildings. An
other amendment reduces from nine 70
seven mills on each 81 Of real and per
scnal assessment the amount of money
that may be raised ~ taxation for tn
maintenance ~ schools or the amount
a. bc appropriated therefor hy CITY
Council Another amendment provides
the hoard unless the final action shall
be with the consent of two thirds of All
the members elected to the board
Striving For solution.
When the Senate bil repeating thc
present state school laws and revising
and re-enactinf former school laws IS
called up in the Senate next Monday
morning. there will be considered n sub
stitute which has been reported ION
its merits" 70 the Senate. ba sod or the
school laws that operated previous 10
1919, with various amendments
The substitute Will tax the capital
stock OF corporations for school pur
poses. instead az taxing the franchises
of corporations. Attorneys James II
Hughes. Ruby Vale Daniel O. Hastings
and Rober, G. Houston. employed ~
the Senate are drafting the substitute
The House will prepare another school
| bill should il disapprove tho Senate Till
| II has been suggested that should tn.
| Legislature become deadlocked on schoo
! legislation and not break the deadlock
| prior 10 next Friday, the time fixed for
| final adjournment. recess be taken unit
| April - for the purpose of hay.np
/ drawn a school bill mutually salts
I factory.