Milford chronicle., 1927-01-28
LEGISLATURE MARKS
Time DURING LONG
BUDGET HEARINGS
CONTINUED from flrnt paEs)

VINO is preSluenJ OF Ine DOaru. OUn-
ers in the delegation were Henry
Grier, of Wilmington; DR.. Lewis
Booker, New Castle; Dr. c. ]. Prit-
chett, of Kent county; Colonel The
odOre Townsend, Milford; Colonel
Curtis C. Davis, Laurel and DR..
Rowland G. Paynter, Georgetown,
all trustees, and DR.. NJ. A. Tarumi-
anz, superintendent of the institu-
ton.
Tuesday afternoon the members
of the House were kept busy with
the introduction of several new
bills, more proposed laws making
their appearance than on any one
day of the session to date, In the
Senate the introduction of bills has
been slower and their calendar
shows but 10 bills, while the House
calendar now has total of SO.
Representative Conwell Tuesday
withdrew from the House calendar
the bill he introduced several days
ago limiting the cost of new roads
to be built in Kent county in the fu-
ture to $4,000 per mile. This bill
was doomed to defeat for the MEM
bers are well aware that modern
roads that are worthy Of the name
cost much more than $4,000 a mile
to build.
Representative Ball introduced a
, bill authorizing the Secretary of
State to appoint a telephone oX-
change operator in the State House
at an annual salary not to exceed
$500.
Representative Tinsman submitted
a bill to amend the existing law to
make it legal for the sheriff of New
/ Castle county to succeed himself in
Office.
Representative Buckson introduce
ed a proposed act that would au-
thorize Little Creek to increase
from $500 to $1,000 the amount of
money the town can raise by taxa
tion.
Mr.. Buckson introduced another
bill that would repeal the law re-
quiring residents taking out fishing
parties to secure a state license.
Non-residents of this state who take
out fishing parties on Delaware wa
ters are required to pay state Ii
cense of $50.
Representative NIcVey introduced
a bill to allow Katharine Wilson
Goldsmith, of Newark. and her three
children, John Hammond, Lydia
Williams and John Wilson Gold
smith. to change their last name to
Williams.
The House passed Representative
Sheldrake's bill giving clear title to
some property in Harrington which
is owned by the New Century Club
of that town.
The House passed the Senate bill
Incorporating the Italian-American
Savings and Loan Bank in Whining
ton It's capitalization is to be $780,
O00 The bill was introduced in the
Senate by Senator Kramer who eX-
planned it to the House members.
In the Senate Tuesday afternoon
Senator Kramer called up for final
action the bill introduced in the
House by Representative Curry, and
passed by that body, authorizing the
commissioners of Bridgeville to is
sue bonds up to $4,000 for the eX-
tension of the sewer system of that
town. 1t provides that there shall be
a referendum on the question of this
bond issue.
Representative Curry explained to
the Senate that 80 per cent of the
residents of Bridgeville are in favor
of the bond issue and sewer exten-
sion. He said the bonded indebted
ness of the town now is only $4,000
and it is not thought this increase
to $4,000 is going to be so burden
some that Bridgeville taxpayers will
be unable to stand it. The Senate
passed the bill by unanimous VoLe.
The Senate committee on revised
statutes, Senator Hall, chairman,
discussed the Senate bill proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of
the state providing that no law shall
increase the pay of any officer after
his election unless by the vote of
three-fourths of all the members
elected to the General Assembly.
The constitution now says no law
shall extend the term of an official
after his election and his pay can
not be decreased.
This bill was introduced by Sena-
tor Latchum who offered it in the
House two years ago when he was
a member of that body. 1t never
came from committee at that ses-
sion. 1t is designed to put stop to
the cry for more pay from state
officials as soon as they have as
sumed the Office to which they have
been elected, knowing as they do
when they become candidates for
Office what the pay is for the posi-
ton to which they aspire.
AS it is constitutional amend
inent it would have to be passed at
two successive sessions of the legis'
lature to make it effective. There
was some opposition to the act in
the committee and a report on it
was postponed until it can be con-
sidered further.
Surplus cash held in the state
treasury to the credit Of the various
accounts, as of January 1, 1927,
amounts to $4,969, ,833.09, according
to the figures supplied Senator Lat
chum Tuesday BY the Office of State
Treasurer Toward NJ. Ward. This
information was compiled at Sena-
TOT Latchum's request in order that
the members of the legislature
might know just how much money
there really is on hand and to clear
up the varying reports that have
been current since the General AS
sembly convened, some Of which ru-
mors placed this surplus at SS,OOO,-
900.
The total stated above is made up