Milford chronicle., 1925-03-27
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Is NOW PLANNING FOR
FINAL ADJOURNMENT
(continued from flrst naRel


o ship Of The Capes to settle dispute
between cottagers on the property
=. and the claimant of the property.
r Under the provisions of another
), bill passed Georgetown is given au-
e thOrity to extend its limits, but not
= more than 300 yards in any direc-
y tion and then only when a majority
S of the residents in the area to be
q taken into the town are agreeable to
S becoming residents of that place.
Three House bills giving the Town
r Council of Milford authority to bor-
= row money were passed without OBJ
= lection by the Senate. They were
} explained by Representative Latch
um who introduced them. The first
/. authorizes a bond issue of $25,000 to
. refund outstanding bonds; the sec
7 ond authorizes a bond issue of $40,-
900 for the extension of the sewerage
. system in the town, but this loan
can be negotiated only after ref
erendum of the residents of Milford.
The third bill authorizes a bond is
sue of $4,000 to redeem like
amount and reissue them at lower
rate of interest.
Lights on Automobiles
Senator Mcdowell called up and
the Senate passed without opposition
his bill making some changes in the
existing law relative to the lights
on automobiles. He explained the |
measure has the support of the State |
Highway Department and of the |
Delaware Safety Council. The pres
! inc of
to S25 for defective lights on cars.
Senator Mcdowell said drivers are
frequently found by the police with
machines carrying defective lights
and when they were taken before
MAGISTRATE some of them are fined
the minimum and some are not fined
at all. This bill provides that for the
first offense the police officer shall
accompany or direct the driver to
the nearest garage to have the lights
on his car fixed. The policeman then
notes on the owners license card
that the holder has been guilty OF
violating the law. For the second Of
fense the owner is subject to a fine
of from 81 to $5.
BY the provisions of a House bill
passed by the Senate the polling
place in the Eighth Representative
district of Sussex county is to be To-
Gated in the future in the old Fair ]
mount school house which is about
one half mile away from the present ;
polling place which is in dilapi- /
dated building unfit for use. s
Another House bill passed by the
Senate provides that when an un- I
dertaker in Kent and Sussex coun- {
ties buries a body, of which the cor {
oner has had charge, and is not {
claimed by relatives or friends, such
undertaken shall be allowed by these a
counties S25 for adults and S15 for i
children. At present there is no pro- S
vision for paying undertakers bury a
ing unclaimed bodies in these two I
counties. p
Senator Hardesty's bill to provide c
for the indenturing of poor white
children of Kent county to the Eliza t.
beth w. Murphy School, Inc, the o
for which are now being C
in Dover was passed by S
the Senate unanimously Friday af- h
ternoon. n
The school is being founded by Il
Sanford S. Murphy, a millionaire E
mine owner of Denver, Colorado, as L
a memorial to his mother. The in W
stitution will cost 100000 and it is c.
it is to be endowed with
100000. Mr.. Murphy formerly liv- K
I'd in Dover. ci
This is the bill against which so it
much propaganda has been spread
through the State. C,
After debating the measure for DE-
learly an hour the Senate passed by H
vote of ten to five the bill intro dl
uced by Senator Attix providing for tn
Dure ice cream. The act carries no nj
enalty for violating any of its pro- ce
isions. A similar measure was de- lei
Gated in the legislature two years it,
go. 1t was explained by Mr.. Danks fo
f the Winterthur Farms. hi
Senator Truitt's bill to increase GU
ne membership of the Sussex Coun- ma
Y Levy Court from three to five
was reported favorably in bo
le Senate. wi
Senator Hardesty's bill to create
general contingent fund commits
on was reported favorably and Sen lie
tor Highfield's bill to require thea
'es to provide certain exits for use
/ case of fire was reported on its
erits in the Senate.
The House bill authorizing Kent
ounty to bond for $50O,000 to build all
ate-aid roads was reported favor mo
)ly in the Senate. far
Inc Senate mas passed d nuInDer cor
House bills amending the existing mo
hoOl laws to conform to the wishes "
the State Board of Education. on
ach was explained by John Shilling, hill
sistant State Superintendent of DAT
lblic Instruction. These bills were he
follows: tba
In consolidated districts to allow &c
e State Board of Education to "a
ansfer the amount of money saved too,
the district consolidated to the fbe
nd for transportation of children dow
that district. for
Two bills requiring school boards sc1
submit their budgets to the State tho
ard on or before August 1 of each ,,,or
ar. onJ
Allowing the State Board to fill 0'iG or
lcher vacancies in any district ho -
len the local board fails to do so 49,.
August Is. A.
Two bills repeating laws making Tica 1p+
to the Canterbury is ~
hool District, which has been con- on m = =
idated with the FELTON, District. S1s+
Two bills providing that money re- ss1
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