Smyrna times., 1929-05-22
KENT COUNTY RIPPER" BILL
RECEIVES A "POCKET VETO"
FAILS TO GET APPROVAL OF
GOV. BUCK in TIME LIMIT
Measure Which Would Have Chang
ed the Boundary Of Levy Court
District is Allowed to Die

Measure winch would Have Cnang-
ed the Boundary of Levy Court
District is Allowed to Die
Saturday was the last day allow
ed by law when Governor Buck
could attach his signature and give
approval for bills passed by the
recent session of the Legislature.
Among the five bills allowed to die
was Senate Bill No. 21, known as
the Kent County Ripper" Bill,
which would have changed the
boundary Of the Levy Court dis
trict in upper Kent County by tax
ing the Third Representative
District out Of the First Levy Court
District and placing it in the sec
ond Levy Court District. The Re
publicans contended the change
would give a more equitable distri-
button according to population and
the Democrats contended it would
favor the Republicans in carry the
district at elections. The bill which
was offered by Senator Burton
early in the session caused a
stormy debate. The Democratic
Senator'S Immediately served notice
that if the bill was allowed to re-
main on the calendar the Demo-
Gratis would refuse to vote for any
appropriation bills and as such
measures took a three-fourth vote
Of the Senate they could not be
passed by the Republicans without
the Democrats. The bill was al
lowed to slumber in committee un-
til the appropriation bills were
passed and was then brought out
and passed by the Senate BY a
strict party vote and sent to the
House where II was also passed
The oil has been in the hands Of
the governor since that time. TIL
a statement issued from the Gov
ernor's office, il was stated that the
bill had given the Governor con
siderable concern and there had
been W much discussion over the
matter that it had come to he r.
garded as a political issue. This,
it was declared, was not borne out
BY consideration Of the property
in the several districts az provided
in the new bill, or BY numbers Of
population in the district, but on
account Of the issue raised, the
Governor did not zee fit to approve
the bill.
Milford Referendum Not Approved
Another bill which had created
considerable discussion and which
was allowed by the Governor to
die, was a House bill which pro
vided for a referendum election on
a school site in Milford. The site
selected for a new high school did
not meet the approval of some Of
the residents Of that town and they
wanted this bill passed to give
them a right to vote On the loca-
ton before the school VAS built.
Those opposed to the bill claimed
that such sections could best he
made by the building commissions
chosen BY the districts with the adj
dition Of the four members of the
State School Board.
Buses Cannot Favor Children
Another school bill allowed to die
was a bill to require school buses
to stop in front of homes of chill
dren provided that they were
certain distance apart. The bill
was opposed on the ground that it
woald increase the cost of trans
portation Of pupils to school, which
is already costing the state consid-
cradle money. The other two all
lowed to die were both bills increas-
ing salaries. The Governor vetoed
practically All Of the bills passed
by the legislature to increase sal
aries. One Of the bills increased
the salary Of the court crier in New
Castle County to $1,000 a year and
the other increased the salaries Of
the members Of the New Castle
County Board VI Assessment from
$2500 to $4,000 a year each.