Milford chronicle., 1925-02-06
GENERAL ASSEMBLY MOVES
SLOWLY IN LEGISLATION
WHICHETOBE ACTED UPON
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action by LuS I1OuSS 1OE II 10 become
a law. Favorable action by two BIZ
ennial sessions of the legislature is
required in amending the State Con-
stituhon.
The bill provides for two regis
tration days previous to each gen
-e-al election but this is only to put
on the books those qualified but not
already registered. 1t provides that
the existing laws in reference to
registration of voters not inconsis-
tent with this bill shall remain in
force.
Senator Hardesty has introduced |
two bills to amend the automobile !
laws sent to him by the Delaware |
Automobile Association. One of these
is designed to grant the same reci-
procity to residents of foreign coun-
tries as is granted to the residents
of the United States by those cOun-
tries as to automobile licenses, etc.
The other bill would do away with
the necessity of making oath to ap-
nlications for registration except in
the original issuance. The present
law requires oath to be taken each
wear and this bill would save thous-
ands of dollars to motor vehicle
owners.
Senator Viven introduced bill to
nlace all state aid roads under the
Jurisdiction of the State Highway
Department, the state to maintain
them. This is one of the bills that
State Highway Engineer c. Douglas
Buck advocated in his recent report.
Senator Hardesty introduced '
bill to give Justices of the Peace the
right to charge a fee of $3.50 for l
ali civil and criminal cases coming
before them. They are now allowed s
but S1.1O. q
An increase in the salary of the i
Governor from $4,000 to $500 and
in that of the Secretary of State Q
from $4,000 to $1,000 a year is pro- 2
vided for in two bills introduced in 1
the Senate Friday afternoon by Sen n
ator Highfield. 1t is the intent of the E
bills to increase the salary of the S
present incumbents, Senator High u
field explained.
The bill of Representative Schei- p
fele to increase Wilmington's repre- a
sentation in the General Assembly tt
from two to four Senators and from Oi
five to ten members of the House
would create four Senatorial dis II
tricts in the city.
Senator Belts introduced a bill to
place women on an equal basis with
men for jury duty.
While it has not been presented to
the legislature as yet, Senator High
field has in preparation bill which,
if adopted, would compel practically
every man and woman in the state n
who has a right to vote to do so on o. o.
all election days if they are able to ~ ~
get to the polls. 1t will incorporate IL
a clause making it a misdemeanor -,
to fail, for any but legitimate reas- ~ ~
ons, to vote, said misdemeanor to be TT. r..
punishable by fine. 70,
During a brief session Of the Sen VI III
ate Monday morning Senator Ridg- ", ".
lev submitted a bill relative to the u ~
road building program of the State y S''
Highway Department. Under the - .b
present law the building program sa; sli
has to be compiled for year in ad- 60 So,
vance. The chief engineer has to t'-i tC.i
have his recommendation before the "
board by December 81 for the fol- No
lowing year. fa,
No other road work can be done 20, I..l
Dy the Department during the fol- 49, 49,
lowing year except on the high iit5 1i49
ways recommended in this report. - llUi
The Ridgely bill would remove this URi
imitation and make it possible for oe
he State Highway Department to ~; ~
,uild roads whenever it was deemed - - !
advisable to do so. tbo
Speaker Downward introduced, by tn~ 49,
equest, bill in the House Monday sT,r sT-
.fternoon to abolish the whipping ~ ~
ost. ra0 ,o0
The Senate on Monday afternoon icy oI
y vote of IL to defeated the res ~ g.
luton providing for the ratification Triol ~
f the Child Labor Amendment. The 80
louise had previously given an un- o-, 10.
nimous vote against ratification. 0Hu
Delaware did not give one vote for IN
le measure. w
The House Monday afternoon pass
/ two bills each of which carried
enalty of S25 for violation Of the
w. The first compels the reading of
lie Bible each day in the public
,hools, and the second makes it
andatory on the part of school
ustees to fly the American flag at use S
hOOl houses during school ses- IN. OIlte
Ons. ooIl
Five bills fostered by the Della lous
are Safety Council, designed to SUI iI
AXE travel over the public high can
ays more safe, were introduced in " \
e Senate Monday afternoon and re- pun 5oIl
rred to committee. o.. IL"
One measure would give the State 11Sl PEN
ghway Commission jurisdiction Ine
d control over all highways of the lew. lew
ate outside of the limits of incOr- OuliS y
rated cities and towns, for the ~
rpose of regulating traffic. This
l would allow the State Highway ~. an L.
mmission to adopt reasonable SLou
les for the operation of autOmo- e'9Ae' nA'5
es as to speed and loads, but spe- S oyeI
90 Isie'. ~ Cno 80, ,.,IIos arJ -ao1,Is how
rs contrary to those now existing,
which may be adopted by this or @ guC |.
ure general assemblies. c1o
mother provides that every oper- 1l.oi, Gu Dy
r of a motor-driven or horse W.. woul'
wn vehicle upon any public Cir9
eet or State highway, when they anu, anu ,
pare to start, stop or turn, shall "0Ai'
? a signal, clearly visible from
rear, by extending the hand well YOU
side the vehicle, or by a stop
t or some other suitable device.
nder a third bill any person Op-
ing a motor vehicle, who, know
that injury has been caused to
son or property due to the cul- period
lity of said operator, does not age te
and give his name, residence, con
uding street number and opera and +;
license number to the injured ment