Milford chronicle., 1923-02-23
THE LEGISLATURE
STARTS TO PASS BILLS
After Weeks Of Inactivity, The
Members Of Both Branches d.
Show Signs OF Activity.
AID FOR ALL INDECENT SICK
Bill Providing For Aid To Poor Of
Kent And Sussex Counties
Passes House.

Democrats and Republicans in the
House clashed along strictly party
lines on Monday afternoon when Rep
resentative George H. Short, Republl-
can. called up for final action mis- bill
authorizing the Levy Court OF sussex
County to appropriate money TO the
fire company in Georgetown. REPRE-
sentative Nelson, Democrat, opposed
the amount fixed in the bill as being
too much. After much wrangllng ne
asked that the bill be re-cOmmltted III
order that the amount to be author
ized might be cut down. This was done
by a strictly party vote, all the Demo-
Gratis voting with him and the RepuD-
Hcans against the motion.
Two bills that had been passed by
the Senate and which relate to cases
before the Court of Common pleas
were passed without opposition after
thew had been explained by William
Salisbury, attorney for the Senate.
One limits appeals to cases where
Judgment exceeds 5000 and the other
provides that at any time before the
time fixed by law subject may DC
removed to the Superior Court from
the Court of Common Pleas.
A bill introduced in the Senate Dy
Senator Hardesty and passed by that
body amending the law relative to the
use of dealers license tags for auto
mobiles was passed by the House.
Representative Holcomb explained
when he called it up for final action
that under the present law if dealer
taI<es a prospective buyer home in
car which he has been demonstrating
and which displays a dealers license
such dealer could not legally drive the
car back to his garage with the license
on it. This amendment makes it pos
sible to use dealers license tags tor
any purpose other than on nacnineS
carrying passengers Ior hire'
Representative Stockley's Dill re-
ouiring the display of the American
flag on all the public school Dulldlngs
in the State on every day the schools
are in session, weather permlttlns'
was passed unanimously Dy tne
House. 1t places the responsibility LOT
seeing that the provisions of this law
are carried out upon the Boards OF
Education or the trustees of the var
ious districts.
A hill introduced by Representative
GRAY providing for the relief OF the
INDECENT sick of Kent and Sussex
counties had a rough time OF 1t far
awhile when he called it up for hnal
action but it eventually was passed Dy
the House. It had been reported taV-
orably some days ago and then recon-
mitted and Monday afternoon was
again reported favorably with an
amendment. It came up for final ac-
+ion under a suspension of the rules.
The original authorized the Levy
Courts of Kent and Sussex counties TO
anpropriate annually $4,000 each tor
the care of the INDECENT sick in their
resnective counties and the amend
ment increased the sum the sussex
county Levy Court is to pay to $S'OOU'
The amendment and the bill were
finally passed by the unanimous vote
of the members present.
Representative Gray's bill providing
for the submission to the voters OF
tbe State outside Of Wilmington OF tne
question whether the present school
laws are to be approved or rejected
was reported favorably by the COM
mittee on elections.
The Senate bill making election oay
a legal holiday in this state was re-
ported favorably in the House.
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