Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1923-02-09
RUSH BILLS
into SENATE,
HOUSE TODAY
.contInued Frcm ID p.r.l

Firemen's Pension Fund
Senator Lutz introduced IN the
Senate p bill to create hremens
pension fund for members OF the
Bureau OF Fire OF the Department
Of Public Safety OF Wilmington.
The bill would create a board OF
trustees OF the fremen's pension
fund to administer the act. Such
board would be composed Of direc-
tors OF the department OF public
p safety, chairman OF the finance COM
mittee OF Council. chairman OF the
public safety committee OF Coun-
eli, and Ave members OF the bureau
OF Are to be elected by the members.
The presiding officer OF the Depart
ment OF Public Safety would be
the president OF the board OF trus-
tees and a secretary would be
named from among the members
4 OF the board. Provision IS made
for Council to appropriate not less
than 5000 annually 10 the pension
| fund but no provision is made re-
curing any stipulated amount OF
the salary Of the firemen TO 90 10
the fund. All fines imposed upon
the fremen and all moneys deduct
ed from their pay by reason OF alb
sence from duty would go TO the
fund
Each member can voluntarily pay
something each month 70 the fund
but the act does NOT require him TO
do 30.
Members OF the Ere department /
disabled or incapacitated from in
juries received while in activee per-
Torrance OF their duties anu mem
bers who have performed faithful
service for not less than 10 years
and have become permanently in
capacitated from performing active
duties may be placed on the retired
list. Those who have been in the
service for 20 years may be placed
on the retired list on application
whether injured or not. Those so
retired would receive one-half Of the
amount OF their salary received at
the time OF retirement. The fund.
however. il Ia provided. will not be
available for any pensions until ii
reaches 100000 and shall never
get below that amount. The widow
or sole dependent OF a fireman who
loses his life in the performance OF
his duty would receive pension Of
one-half the amount he would have
been entitled TO should ne have been
on the pension list.
New Compensation Act.
Senator Murphy this morning in
troduced a bill to repeal the entire
workmen's compensation act as
amended. This afternoon he viii
introduce a bill containing many
features OF the present law but max
ing material changes in salaries. The
bill. Senator Murphy says. will re-
duce the salary OF the secretary Of
the Industrial Accident Board.
which administers the act from
$500 10 $1,000 a year. Mr.. Murphy ,
says the Industrial Accident Board :
held but % meetings last year and I
that meant that the :
members received pay at the rate OF =
more than 800 a meeting.
Among the bills introduced in
The House this morning were the
following:
BY Mr.. McManus. giving the city :
auditor OF Wilmington jurisdiction
20 audit the accounts OF the Park
CorAN ission which authority he does a
not now have.
BY Mr.. McManus. giving the city g
solicitor OF Wilmington authority TO q
bring suit for the collection OF tax "a
without searching the title. "a
Mr. Virden, giving authority for q
he parole or persons convicted In a
he cffv rourt NJ Wilmington. n'
Mr.. Lednum. requiring any fair s.
association receiving funds from the g..
State 10 first file with the State audi =.
or an itemized statement as TO what -
he funds are 10 be used for. y,
IboIish Assessment Board.
Mr.. Brogan introduced a bill 10
.bolish the Wilmington Board OF &c
assessment and requiring the New ~
'astle County board OF assessment
annually deliver 20 the Clerk OF III
ouncil a certified statement OF the u'
made in the City for taI
,untv purposes. such assessment an
ould then he used by the City as Jo
S assessment FU
Mr.. MARI introduced a bill relative Je
, waving OF exemptions by hus- 80
md and wife jointly on household
pods. in the execution of attach gu
tents for debt. "
lust Collect Taxes. au
Representative Little introduced Of
yo bills relating TO the collection Of IN
* in New Castle county. one Of tn
lese bills makes some slight MI
ranges in the present method OF tn
,llecting taxes and provides that OIL
lev must be collected in the year
which they are levied II makes lay
10 dutv of collecting mandatory on pa
Ie collectors and they must pro- OF
ed TO law to enforce collections.
he second bill specifies that the or
UNITY treasurer every Tuesday VIC
orning must render to the clerk OF ia
ace a statement OF all the county
xes received from the various col du'
ctors for the week ending the pre- an,
ding Saturday together with the Jai
Mount OF taxes received. no
Commission. az
Representative Little introduced oul
other bill creating a Conservation FRO
,mmission for New Castle county. Is
his commission would consist OF
rec men to he named by the Gov on
nor and who must he residents OF am
e county. and the bill would give al
en- control OF the wild life OF the Dill
unity II prohibits the commits am
m from experimenting in the low
Of any wild animals or as
IDS. and they could act to pre- not
M bird pests and the like such
the English sparrow. II also pro- two
les that resident hunters must / the