Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-02
PENSION FUND
FOR TEACHERS
All Instructors to Pay One
Per Cent. of Salary
Annually
STATE TO MATCH 1T
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR
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STATE HOUSE, Dover. Feb. l.
Creation or a retirement fund for
the public school teachers OF the
state including those in the VIII
mington schools Is provided for in q
hill itroduced in the House by Repre-
sentative Little yesterday afternoon
Under the bill the fund would be
created by one per cent. OF the sal
arv ~ the teacher being deducted
annually. this amount 10 he matched
by the State dollar for dollar. Pro-
vision IL made for a board OF seven
members TO administer the fund.
This board would be made up OF a
representative OF the County Teach
ers Association in each county. one
teacher from Wilmington. the presi-
dent OF the State Board OF Educa-
ton. the state superintendent OF
public instruction and the state
Tanking Commissioner.
A schedule OF pay Is nNed that
teacher could get from the fund on
retirement according 10 years OF SER
vice. II she should retire after rs
years service she would ges $500 a
year from the fund but every year
after % II would increase by at least
SOS. until the maximum OF $500 a
year would be paid the teacher who
retired after 81 years % service.
II Is estimated that one per cent
would start the found with 1000
and the state would match that MAX
ing a total fund the first year OF
100000.
= mplify Legal Papers.
Representative Tolcomh intro
duced three bills pertaining 70 the
drafting Of legal paper all OF which
are understood 20 he favored by the
members OF the New Castle county
Par Association. The first provides
for a much shorter and more sim
pliied form Of mortgage: the second
17keN the penal sum ont Of bonds
snd the third provides for a shorter
form OF deeds. eliminating many .
legal and unnecessary phrases now .
followed
New Castle Elections.
Representative Holcomb present
Cd another bill which provides for
The election OF the town councilmen
IN New Castle by districts Instead OF
1T large ~ now. There are four
wards in that town and the bill calls
5or one councilman from each ward
with the president elected at large.
At present Il - understood four OF
the councilmen are from one dis
frtct
License Fortune Tcllers.
Representative Little presented
hin requiring those who practice the
business OF necromsncy.- nnestrologv.
clsirvoyanoy. or fortune telling to
pay an annual license fee Of 500
ond for failure TO do so they will be
subject 20 a fine or 5000. a
Representative V.rden introduced
p hill authorizing the Levy Court OF
New Castle county 10 pay $1,000 70 !
II. Radford or Philadelphia. ;
for work ne did I'm reconstricting n
portion % the Delaware river hank
ip 81. Georges and Red Lion hun !
dreds
Middletown School =
Representative Davis would rip" =
out OF Office the present trustees OF
the Middletown Academy which Is
the high school OF that a
town. under a bill he introduced IN (
the House. The bill provides for
the election OF their successors The y
trustees are directed IN the bin 10 s
make an accounting 20 the Town b
r onnmiss ioners before tho first Mon o
Jay I'm March. giving I'm detail all re- q
-elpts and expenditures since their
'restion some years ago. II is con- .
ended they have not made such r.
export for years. o.
The Hill also directs the trustees q
. turn over all their books accounts p
and funds TO their successors and e.
provided that a. the next town cleo
ION seven persons be elected to sue il
eed them. These seven persons u
would be elected for terms ranging II
rom one To seven years and each c
ear one trustee would he elected for 81
even wears These trustees would 7
70 required 70 report annually TO D
he Town Commissioners. M
Honey For SUSSEX Towns. ID
Mr. Nelson introduced a bill pro- |"
ding for cutting down the appro- VI
ration OF the Sussex County Levy al
curt TO those towns through which su
here has been constructed a per- h'
lament highway and which is III
Maintained by the state. The ap- q
ropriations are made to towns
owards street maintenance. The n
Ielson bill provides that what Is OF
NJ from towns having the state pI
ghway shall he divided among cu
her incorporated towns of the ar
ounty.
Representative Lord introduced a II
40 to establish the voting place III
the seventh election district OF TO
hristlana Hundred at the Civies tn
mb in Elsmere. At the present tn
me there no fixed polling place
this district.
Representative G. Pratt intro III