Smyrna times., 1951-03-22


er the city can afford it or not. He
also stated that the whole affair
appeared to be a means of getting
a pay increase, rather than a FIVE
day work week. Capt. Kirlin of the
Wilmington Bureau of Fire spoke
strongly for the bill, pointing out
that the Mayor of Wilmington and
Council were 100 per cent in back
of the bill. Also, he stated that by
putting the measure through, the
legislature would insure its en-
forcement for at least two years,
while otherwise it could be cut off
at any time. In my opinion the
matter should not have been ham
died by the legislature; however, 1
had people who are living in the
First District who asked me to
vote for the measure because they
had relatives affected by the bill.
I voted for the bill accordingly and
so expressed by views on the floor,
appearing in the Morning News
(Wed., March 14).
A bill was introduced to provide
that the effective date of any We
hicular registration shall be the
day of the calendar month in which
the vehicle is registered.
Also, there was quite a. discus
sion on the floor between Speaker
Lawson and Rep. Cleaver Cd. Mid
dletown) in reference to the bill
which increases the mileage allow
ance from SC to 10c per mile for
the sheriff of New Castle County.
Speaker Lawson was speaking
strongly against Mr.. Cleaver's bill
The Speakers chair was yielded to
Mr.. Jones who presided while per-
mission was granted Mr.. Lawson
to question Mr.. Cleaver in refer
ence to the bill. Mr.. Cleaver served
as sheriff for New Castle County
during the last term. The point Mr.,
Lawson was trying to bring out
was that mileage is sometimes
charged, he stated, unnecessarily,
such as for walking from one end
of the public building to another
to deliver subpoena to members
of the Bureau of Police, when no
mileage allowance should be enter
ed at all. This was just one ex-
ample. After a real warm question
ing the two members took their
seats and the roll was called with
the bill passing "a to 10.
A bill authorizing the Governor
to appoint a five-member state
Board of Beauty Culture to regu-
late the operation of beauty shops
in Delaware was introduced by
Rep. Short (R. Georgetown).
"A bill to deputize the clerk Of
the Court Of Common Pleas for
New Castle County was turned
down, but will be restored to the
calendar for consideration later.
The much discussed Tercenten-
ary Commission bill passed by a
vote of 81 to 8. 1 previously stated
that 1 would not go along with the
bill. At that time, the bill called
for a maximum Of $4,000 and has
now been reduced to 100000, (which
is fairly reasonable. Originally, ]
was entirely against any appropri-
alton except that the legislature
had delayed the matter for so long
I feel it only fair@t give something
at this late. date. Otherwise, it
should have been turned down long
ago so that the commission could
have planned accordingly.
Two resolutions, one fixing
March 21 as the deadline for new
bills, and another expressing op-
position to American participation
in any form of world government
were read favorably in the House
on Monday.
A bill requiring public school
students to attend school for a
minimum of 180 days each year
was handed up also. This require
ment on the parent would be for
children between the ages of z and
IA. The present law is 160 days.
Another bill fixes the maximum
tax rate in Kent County at As
cents per $10O of assessed valua-
tion, reduction of 5 cents from
the present limit.