Milford chronicle., 1939-05-05
HOSPITAL, FIRE
BILLSAPPROVED
BY LEGISLATURE
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constitutional.
List OF New Bills Passed
The new bills. totaling $292.25 for
the first year. and S2S1,250 for the
second year, are:
Authorizing an appropriation of
$500 for each of the next two years
to the district library commissions
of the State; appropriating $3.50
each year for care of inmates at
the Layton Home for Aged Colored
People in Wilmington; appropriat-
ing $4,000 each of the next two
years to the Delaware commission
for the blind; appropriating $4,000
for each of the next two years for
observance of Memorial Day and
other patriotic holidays by the Am
erican Legion. the G. A. r.. the V.
F. w. and United Spanish War
Veterans.
Fire Companies Grant
Appropriating $4,000 for each of
the next two years for the volunteer
fire companies; appropriating SAL
900 each year for the Delaware In
dustrial School for Girls; appro-
priating s177.O0O each year for the
hospitals; appropriating $4,000 each
year to assist the State Board of
Education to carry on the Ameri-
canization of foreign born: appro-
priating $4,000 each year for the
Palmer Home in Dover.
Democratic senators raised ques-
ton of the constitutionality of any
bills introduced and passed after
the original resolution shutting of
all new business. They pointed to a
constitutional provision that reso- +
lutions needing a concurrent vote
of both houses also must be APPROX
ed by the Governor. and that none
of these resolutions had even been
sent to him.
VetOes Will Stand
The recess, It was stated, will not
prevent any of the Governors We
toes from becoming effective. If he
vetoes measures during the recess.
new bills may be introduced when
the assembly reconvenes August l.
The Senate recessed without TAX
ing any action on many appoint
ments made by the Governor in the
last two years. Such office holders :
will continue to serve.
EARLY Wednesday morning the
House petitioned four measures out
of committee, killing one of them.
House bill. to appropriate $1,000
year for the Kent-SusseX Fair.
Three others. all Senate bills, were
passed They appropriate SlO,OoO
more to the Mothers Pension Fund .
for applicants on the waiting list;
grant $4,000 to repair the Mt. Pleas
ant School heating system, and the
third appropriates $4,000 for a COM
mercial course in Claymont High
School.
Levy Court Bill Adopted
The House passed the Senate sub
stitute for House bill empowering
New Castle County Levy Court to
apsoint a plumbing inspector, and
make regulations for installing sew
ers. water mains. drainage systems.
and all other plumbing work.
The House passed. but the Senate
failed to act upon, a measure to ap'
propriate s15.O0O for purchasing an
Indian collection.
Another bill approved by the
House was also left by the Senate.
II would increase the number of no.
taries public in New Castle county
from $50 to 300. and in Kent and
Sussex from 10 to 100 each
Billboard Measure Approved
The Senate concurred in the
House measure empowering the
State Highway Department to reGu-
late construction of billboards along
rcadways for safety purposes. 1t be-
comes effective January /. 1910.
A Senate bill to allow the Sussex
county coroner five cents a mile
travelling expenses. increasing wit
nesses' fees at inquests to 81. and
authorizing the coroner to employ a
secretary at 5000 year, was passed
by the lower chamber.
Representative. Elmer E. Benson's
measure to set II o'clock as the clos
ing time for taverns and package
goods stores was killed by the
House
By a vote of 8 to the Senate de-
feated Senator Burton S. Heals bill
to create a seven-member board OF
registration for professional engi-
neers and land surveyors.
Two Resolutions Passed
The upper chamber passed two
House joint resolutions to appro-
pirate s447.5O for expenses of the
court of chancery and $53S.25 for ex-
penses of the Supreme Court.
A bill to set aside certain beach
lands near Lewes as a memorial
for sailors passed the SEN
ate but not the House.
Both chambers passed the bill au-
thorizing the State Board of Agri-
culture to pay for cattle condemned
ior tuberculosis or Bangs disease.
and the Senate approved the House
requiring all packages OF
peaches when shipped to be marked
according to grade.
Senator Paul r. Rinard restored
o the calendar his bill to hold a
in Wilmington on Sun
lay movies. a measure vetoed by
he Governor.
Introduced, without action by the