Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-25
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tho number Of commissions funcssor-
ing in Dels swsrs should be- reduced and
iptimAted that he will introdu<s re-
peaiinR acts daily. He aaksd the 1sn-
srai Assembly to consider laws sna<tsc
many years ago and s,iil In sxistsno~
which make annuAi appropriations 20
various. commissions. re ssld sorn~ 81
the appropriations may 10 worthy sn1
others probably need cutting down, Dgi
too LssisInturs ,nopi1 have oppor
tunity TO Judge their merits.
senator Aliss introduced a bill ap-
tnorixip9 Dover 20 borrow 5000 for
light and water plants
The Senate passed a ssrats RIB
stituts for tns House biil ircreasirg
from $500 20 1900 per snnum ne
amount Of money EilendAis may faise
by TAXATION. The subs.ituts corr,cts
a slight defect IN tn. original bli. Tno
ssnate also pass<f the Senate bii %
viyinR corpors tion charters rhich have
expired.
Initiative and RsssrrnAum.
Representative Brown introduced IN
tho hours . Diil proposing ar zr1snd-
rnent 20 section 1. article 2. Of ths Cor-
stitution Of Delaware providing for
initiative and referendum. The Dfii Dzss-
ed the HOUSE t~o years ago. bot wss
non-concurrsd Ia oy the Senate ~
approved bv this Gensval Assembly y
would not bsoorn. e~sctivs uni.s. IN
dorsed by the next f>ogfsis,1rs n
provides that any law proposal oy
petition N not l~~. than 5000 qusifs.>
voters of ths stats er any cons.i'u'iorsi
amendment proDopsr by petition ~ nof
less than 5000 voters sor FLED v>fh tns
secretary bs state no. lsss tsnn fonr
ks< E*as =.
bs submitted 70 tho voters az ma
election and y approved ~ . rns,0~rfv
or the yotsrr shall tsks s~s~. az o-os
4 petition s'rnsf By 1.1o1 voters snf
presented 20 the secretary 81 9'e.s ~
days before the ~~s-'o- % ~. L,s~ie's
tura would make ~ coT prl~r~y fcr
that boSy % act on any n~e~rr. ~
srnsntn1en. specified ir N. p~@f.for n
defsstet by ths L>eirie'1r. - ps~~~
By thst BODY arr vstoes ~ n. ro~-
srror the measure would - Dus On -.
ballot az ths ney. 9ts,s .ls~tir~ anr
voted on No act OF RESTITUTION p.->~-
by the Ies1.lstur. would become a ls-
until % days aftsv the L~gfsistu-~ res
adjourned. sxcsot the appropriate fo~
the usunl current .xp~nsss and srr~v
x.noy bills. Ninety days s.t~- th~ Leg
islature has adjourned, under refer
1900 voters and fled Win th~ secretary
Of State agsins. any act OF part ~ an
act ps..ed by the I>-e1-lsfur- th~s ~
shall not become isv hus
shall be subnnift-h 20 N. voters ~
the next election. The veto power -
the governor she'll no, sItsns -
measures snsrted BY no votes q N
qualified voters. The provisions - the
bill shall extend 90 counties ard MI
inequalities.
Representative. Hudson iarrodursd a
BIN authorizing Alllsboro % borrow s7s
600 for light ard water plants. also
bill increasing snIisboro's borrorfrx
power form . 70 Is p~r cnt % the a.
sessed valuation Of the real estate in
the town
Representative Smith introduced a hlll
increasing from $500 20 1900 Der annuul
the salaries % the court er1~rs % Kent
and Sussex- counties.
The House deferred Acr.cu on a joint
resolution presented By Rap-esentafise
Warrington. appointing Senator Handy
and Representative StaAts and Glen
daniel a commission 70 ascertain fla
present condition OF Indian River lnlet
and estimate 20 the General Assembly
the cost Of making an inlet sufficient g.
admit a proper quantity az the AtianrfC
Ocean 70 Indian River ana Rehob0th
Bay and appropriatins $500 for the pre-
Iirninary survey. 4 commission COM
posed OF Senators Bennett and fEolleSs
and Representatlv. Danzenoak-r. ap-
pointed by the last Legislature and
given an appropriation q $4,000. re-
ported that Indian River Ialet was en-
tirely closed and that the waters q
said inlet and Rehohoth Bay. ar Area "a
% square miles. we're rendered ~ no
value for nshinx and constituted a
menace 20 health and recommended th>
opening OF an i1ls into said waters.
That commission was dirscted 20 open
an inlet and select its location and
course, but found the sppropriatic, was
insufficient.
The General Assembly received ara
fled the biennial report of the Ferris
Industrial School. which contains rs
boys. OF i24 boys permitted 20 20 hOms
for Eve 20 nine days al but four return
ed TO the school promptly. One hgndreS
and twelve boys were paroled IN the
last two years. and II per cent returned
TO the institution for failins 20 comply
with the terms OF parole. -Four hundred
cases Of slight illness were treated. Al
the buildings need repairs The mana
ger asked for an snnusl appropriate
OF $4,000.
Mrs. Marshall Derby of woodside.
Mrs. Henry Ridgely and Mrs. Robert
I. Holiday OF Dover and Mss Jeanette
Eckmaa OF Wilmington appeared be-
fore the Senate committee on revised
statutes and opposed passage 81 tho
Senate bill eXempting Kent and SusseN
Per