Evening journal., 1922-11-16
MURPHY MAY
Be OPPOSED

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tempted. BY this method the school
= tax on property in the rural sections
was reduced TO 20 cents on the 500
when it was formerly from As to 75
cents in various districts. Unless
some other taxation plan can be
found to take the place of tie filing
fee tax so that school tax on prop
erty can remain at % cents the re-
peal of the filing tax will likely be
opposed.
A change in the law governing the
Registration of voters will likely be
attempted. There is talk of a bill
providing for a permanent regis
tration law, similar to one in effect
in Maryland. Instead of every voter
getting registered for each election
it would provide for a general reg
istration only in certain years, and
at other times only to register new
voters and those moving into the
State or who have moved from one
district to another. In this line a
bill is also talked of TO allow regis
tration of absenteees by mail which
is in force In many states. Under
this method a voter who is compel
ed to be away on registration days
could register by mail.
Another proposed bill that has
been discussed is one TO provide FOR
joint primaries on the same day for
al parties. This, it is claimed, would
save the counties considerable
money. Such a bill is now in force
in Maryland.
There will probably be another
attempt to secure a new city charter
for Wilmington.
A bill providing for a separate
prison for women prisoners, in
which Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles,
Mrs. Donald S. Ashbrook. Warden
NJ. s. Plummer and others are in
terested, will be presented
The Prisoners Aid Society, Of
which L. w. Brosius is president, is
having prepared bill providing for
a parole law for the State. This is
one of less than a dozen states hav- /
ing no parole system, which will eff
fectively take care of prisoners for ,
time after they are again intro f!
duced into the life OF the commun- /
ity.
A bill Will be- introduced by the (
Democrats for the creation Of a /
State Public Service Commission. !
This commission would eliminate /
the local Board of Public Utilities |
Commissioners which only has juris- !
diction over utilities operating in |
this city.
J. Albert oliver, probation officer,
is having drafted a bill. creating the
office of Public Defender" In It's
recommendations, the 1921 grand
jury proposed the creation of a pub
lie defender in accordance with
practice in other states, to defend
persons brought before the courts
who are unable TO employ attorneys.
The state Medical Society. it is
said, is preparing a bill for the modi-
hcatioD OF the state prohibition en-
forcement laws, which would enable
to prescribe alcoholic
in extreme cases OF Ill
ness.
The workhouse prisoners are
working on a bill for the more strict
control OF dope" peddling and its
use. The bill will probably provide
for addicts TO be sent to the State
Hospital at Farnhurst for from five
to ten years instead of to the work.
house. and imposing a penalty of
twenty years on dope" peddlers.
Councilman Alexander r. Abra-
hams, chairman of the Wilmington
zoning Committee, stated last night
that the committee is having a bill
to enable the city to in
lugurate its proposed coming plan.