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LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE
PASSED
AT A SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER
On Tuesday, January 1, A. D. 1901
AND
IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED
STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY- FIFTH
VOLUME XXII Part I.
ROL
PRESS OF THE MILFORD CHRONICLE,
Muaroso, DIMAWASIL
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| Title | Laws of the State of Delaware - Volume 22 - Part 1 |
| Date Original | 1901 |
| Description | Laws of the State of Delaware, Passed at a Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover, Tuesday, January 1, A. D. 1901. Volume XXII, Part I. |
| Creator | Delaware |
| Creator2 | Delaware General Assembly |
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| Full Text | LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE PASSED AT A SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER On Tuesday, January 1, A. D. 1901 AND IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH VOLUME XXII Part I. ROL PRESS OF THE MILFORD CHRONICLE, Muaroso, DIMAWASIL 4, hk LAWS OF DELAWARE. CHAPTER 1. AMENDMENTS TO TIIE CONSTITUTION. House Amendment to House Bill No. 217. Strike out all of the bill after the word "State" in the third ,Ille.ndmetIti. .tent o line of Section of the bill and insert in lieu thereof the following SeeBr)" o it "First, That all of Section 3 Of Article 9 of the Constitution of this State after the word 'Corporation,' where it occurs the second time in Section 3, be stricken out." Section 2. That Section 6 of said Article 9 be stricken out Antendment and in lieu thereof substitute and adopt the following, viz.: 2o1fI dS ePcatiroang rt aopfh the Bill. Section 6. Shares of the capital stock of corporations cre. Proposed ated under the laws of this State, when owned by persons or cor- to porations without this State, shall not be subject to taxation by any law now existing or hereafter to be made. An Act proposing amendments to Article 9 of the Constitu-tion of the State of Delaware concerning Corporations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives qf the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds qf the members elected to each House agreeing): Section 1. That the following amendments be and the same Proposed are hereby proposed to Article 9 of the Constitution of this State: ,trntTel ledn.910erdlo, Constitution. First. That all of Section 3 of Article 9 of the Constitution of this State be stricken out and in lieu thereof substitute and adopt the following, viz.: NOT 11.-t. ut,tshett ns enrolled. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. Proposed "Section 3. Shares of the capital stock of Corporations cre- Am endment in lieu of Section ated under the laws of this State, when owned by persons not 3 of Article 9 of thee Costittit- residing herein, shall not be subject to taxation by any law now don. existing or hereafter enacted." Second. That all of Section 6 of Article 9 of the Constitu-tion of this State be stricken out. Approved March 9, A. D. 1901. 4 LAWS OF DELAWARE. LAWN OF DELAWARE. 5 TITLE FIRST. Of the Jurisdiction and Property of the State ; its Legislation and Laws. CHAPTER 2. OF LIMITS. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH BULKHEAD, WHARF AND PIER LINES ON THE DELAWARE RIVER, IN FRONT OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON AND VICINITY. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met : Section t. That the bulkhead line or lines of solid filling, and the pier line in the tide-waters of the River Delaware, lying between the Christiana River and the northerly boundary of Edgemoor, opposite the City of Wilmington and Edgernoor, as fixed, established and adopted, or hereafter to be fixed, estab-lished and adopted, by the Secretary of War of the United States, NtatIrai ourd baelrk-under the acts of Congress in that behalf, are hereby adopted ellsi: itos hb:d as and declared to be fixed and established as the exterior bulkhead tnyatiedopte,c1. and pier lines between the points aforesaid, as such extetrariy Oof Wre.i. bulkhead and pier lines so fixed, established and adopted, are or may hereafter be shown upon the manuscript map or maps, re-port or reports, filed in the office of the said Secretary of War or War Department. Secretary of Section 2. That the Secretary of State is hereby authorized cs,t, arteel to, pro-n and directed to procure duplicate copies of the said manuscript copies of maps, map or maps, report or reports, accompanying the same, from To tile one in time to time, and file one of said copies in his office at Dover, holdieorteOgc-r and the other of said copies in the office of the Recorder of Deeds reeystljfe 6 OF LIMITS. LAWS OF DELAWARE. i(floetttinty. for New Castle County; which said copies when so filed, or cer- ,han evi- tified copies thereof, shall be competent evidence for all purposes. deuce. Not lawful to Section 3. That it shall not be lawful to fill in with earth Fill itt between , ,...tnblished stone or other solid material in the tide-waters of said river be- points beyond 'nilkhead twcen the aforesaid points, beyond the bulkhead line or lines of ties. solid filling by this act adopted, fixed, established, laid clown and exhibited on the aforesaid map or maps, report or reports, ex-cept in the construction of duly authorized piers; and no erection or structure of aft)/ kind shall hereafter be erected, allowed or maintained beyond or exterior to the aforesaid bulkhead line or lines of solid filling, except duly authorized piers which shall not be less than one hundred and fifty feet distant one from the other, and which shall in no case extend beyond the lines indi-cated for piers on said map or maps, report or reports. Littoral pro-y :irietors ma Section 4. That the littoral proprietors abutting on the River ,reet bulkeads, Delaware, between Christiana River and the northerly boundary of Edgemoor, are hereby respectively authorized and empowered to erect bulkheads, wharves and piers on the line or lines now or hereafter to be fixed, established and adopted as provided in Section one (1) of this act, opposite their respective littoral hold-ings on said river, between said Christiana River and the north-erly boundary of Edgemoor; and to fill in with earth, stones or other material, the space or spaces between said bulkhead line or lines of solid filling, shown or exhibited on the map or maps, report or reports aforesaid, and the westerly bank of said river, (designating the high water mark thereof), between said Chris-tiana River and the northerly boundary of Edgemoor aforesaid. ;:nited States Provided, that nothing herein contained shall operate to prevent may utilize ..pace for de. the United States from utilizing all or any portion of the space inisit of dredg- tig material. between said bulkhead and the westerly bank of said river for the deposit of dredged material taken from said River Delaware in the progress of the improvement thereof, not exceeding twelve Foling in sub- feet in height above mean low water. And provided, further, :ect to regain- , tons of War tnat the filling in of said space between said lines by any littoral tepartinent. proprietor shall be under and subject to the regulations of the War Department of the United States. Section 5. That the land under the waters of said river; with-in the limits aforesaid as hereafter determined, on the front of the ,:,. ,vmesit .min afdeec littoral holdings of said littoral proprietors respectively, and be- Hound pro- tween the bulkhead line or lines of solid filling, as shown and wietors. exhibited on the maps aforesaid, and the westerly bank of said LAWS OF DF.LAWARE. OF LIMITS. river, (designating the high water mark thereof), shall vest in fee in said littoral proprietors, their heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, respectively. And when a suitable bulk-head shall have been constructed front of any of said littoral hold-ings, of any of said littoral proprietors, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General, upon satisfactory evidence to him of that fact, and the tender to him of the reasonable and necessary expenses of preparing the conveyance or conveyances hereinafter named, to seasonably prepare, and of the Secretary of State to forthwith execute under the seal of the State, a grant assuring to said lit-toral proprietors, respectively, their heirs, executors, administra-tors, successors and assigns, the lands under water in front of their respective littoral holdings aforesaid, between said bulkhead line and the said river bank. Attorney Gen-eral and Secre-tary of State to prepare grants therefor. Section 6. The breadth of water front appertaining to each it;erirobitotril,,,,-- littoral proprietor or owner of land abutting on the said river ruined by. eex! bank shall be determined by protracting the line of the land to often da innIs lt Ion e the bulkhead- line established under this Act, wherever the pro- bulkhead line. traction of said lines would not result in giving the said owner more, or to any other littoral proprietor less, than his proportion-ate share of frontage on said bulkhead line; and in case of a con-flict arising from the divergence or convergence of the lines of said littoral proprietors, or of the public streets, the Attorney Attorney Gen- General is hereby authorized and empowered to settle the said TtrtarlstclICVloviel lines outside of said river bank so that equal justice shall be (lone case of to all concerned. Section 7. That it may and shall be lawful for the said littoral it).rqet,t),t,nrgi proprietors, respectively, to own and hold all bulkheads, docks, owrulkhc.k wharves, buildings and piers that hereafter may be erected pur- Taarr.n4-ge,ek L. suant to this act on the front of their littoral holdings respectively ; and to use, possess, repair, and keep the same in order, and to lay any steamboat, vessel, or other craft at the same; and to de-mand, take, sue for, and recover reasonable wharfage, demurrage, rent or dockage of and from any steamboat, vessel, or other craft using the same, and from all persons who may use said bulkhead. docks, wharves, buildings and piers in any way whatsoever, and shall also be authorized to sue for and recover any damage that may be clone to the same. Section 8. This act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act and shall be published as such ; and that all acts and parts of LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF LIMITS. Castle Comity. for New Castle County; which said copies when so filed, or cer- when filed shall be evi- tified copies thereof, shall be competent evidence for all purposes. deuce. Not lawful to Section 3. That it shall not be lawful to fill in with earth, till in between established stone or other solid material in the tide-waters of said river be-points beyond Int'knead tween the aforesaid points, beyond the bulkhead line or lines of I Ines. solid filling by this act adopted, fixed, established, laid down and exhibited on the aforesaid map or maps, report or reports, ex-cept in the construction of duly authorized piers; and no erection or structure of aft), kind shall hereafter be erected, allowed or maintained beyond or exterior to the aforesaid bulkhead line or lines of solid filling, except duly authorized piers which shall not be less than one hundred and fifty feet distant one from the other, and which shall in no case extend beyond the lines indi-cated for piers on said map or maps, report or reports. Lriitetotorrasl pmraoy- Section 4. That the littoral proprietors abutting on the River ,rect bulkends, Delaware, between Christiana River and the northerly boundary of Edgemoor, are hereby respectively authorized and empowered to erect bulkheads, wharves and piers on the line or lines now or hereafter to be fixed, established and adopted as provided in Section one (t) of this act, opposite their respective littoral hold-ings on said river, between said Christiana River and the north-erly boundary of Edgemoor; and to fill in with earth, stones or other material, the space or spaces between said bulkhead line or lines of solid filling, shown or exhibited on the map or maps, report or reports aforesaid, and the westerly bank of said river, (designating the high water mark thereof), between said Chris-tiana River and the northerly boundary of Edgemoor aforesaid. ;:nitett States Provided, that nothing herein contained shall operate to prevent way utili ze space for de. the United States from utilizing all or any portion of the space of ;ltg material. between said bulkhead and the westerly bank of said river for the deposit of dredged material taken from said River Delaware in the progress of the improvement thereof, not exceeding twelve in sub- feet in height above mean low water. And provided, further, regain- :oils of War that the filling in of said space between said lines by any littoral Deportment. proprietor shall be under and subject to the regulations of the War Department of the United States. Section 5. That the land under the waters of said river: with-in the limits aforesaid as hereafter determined, on the front of the littoral holdings of said littoral proprietors respectively, and be-tween the bulkhead line or lines of solid filling, as shown and exhibited on the maps aforesaid, and the westerly bank of said .,and so made .0 vest in fee n littoral pro- ;Helms. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF LIMITS. river, (designating the high water mark thereof), shall vest in fee in said littoral proprietors, their heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, respectively. And when a suitable bulk-head shall have been constructed front of any of said littoral hold-ings, of any of said littoral proprietors, it shall be the duty of the eArtntiTitiedy Attorney General, upon satisfactory evidence to him of that fact, tnry of State to and the tender to him of the reasonable and necessary expenses jeurrour. grants of preparing the conveyance or conveyances hereinafter named, to seasonably prepare, and of the Secretary of State to forthwith execute under the seal of the State, a grant assuring to said lit-toral proprietors, respectively, their heirs, executors, administra-tors, successors and assigns, the lands under water in front of their respective littoral holdings aforesaid, between said bulkhead line and the said river bank. Section 6. The breadth of water front appertaining to each er"i4;"iit o littoral proprietor or owner of land abutting on the said river mineolby'.ex,7 bank shall be determined by protracting the line of the land to Lernt`a""4 the bulkhead line established under this Act, wherever the pro- bulkhead line. traction of said lines would not result in giving the said owner more, or to any other littoral proprietor less, than his proportion-ate share of frontage on said bulkhead line; and in case of a con-flict arising from the divergence or convergence of the lines of said littoral proprietors, or of the public streets, the Attorney Attorney Gen- General is hereby authorized and empowered to settle the said Ttrtatisttriching lines outside of said river bank so that equal justice shall be done "se "dis""tt to all concerned. Section 7. That it may and shall be lawful for the said littoral ii;riletn-proprietors, respectively, to own and hold all bulkheads, docks, owirbutkiteu,b, wharves, buildings and piers that hereafter may be erected pur- am ..lttrriez)evetz,z,.. suant to this act on the front of their littoral holdings respectively; and to use, possess, repair, and keep the same in order, and to lay any steamboat, vessel, or other craft at the same; and to de-mand, take, sue for, and recover reasonable wharfage, demurrage, rent or dockage of and front any steamboat, vessel, or other craft using the same, and from all persons who may use said bulkhead. docks, wharves, buildings and piers in any way whatsoever, and shall also be authorized to sue for and recover any damage that may be done to the same. Section 8. This act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act and shall be published as such; and that all acts and parts of 7 r S LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF LIMITS. acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 8, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF LIMITS. CHAPTER 3. OF LIMITS. AN ACT CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE THIRD AND Fouwrit ELECTION DISTRICTS OF THE TOTE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRBT, NEW CASTLE COUNTY. Be it enacted by the Semite and House of Repesentatives qt. the State qt Delaware in, General Assembl,y met: All that part of New Castle Hundred south ot the New Cas- Boundaries of tie and Christiana road and Delaware Street, in the town of New ?ago' etsMt Castle, to where it is crossed by the Delaware Railroad cut-off, and west of the Delaware Railroad cut-off, to where it connects cha"ged' with the main line of the Delaware Railroad, and west of the main line of the Delaware Railroad, to where it is crossed by the State road, thence southerly by the State road to the boundary line between Red Lion Hundred and New Castle Hundred, shall be known as the Third Election District of the Tenth Represen-tative District. All that part of New Castle Hundred south of Delaware Street beginning at the Delaware River and followmg the line of said Delaware Street westerly to the Delaware Railroad c1u.1t--- Boundaries: ol off, thence by the line of said cut-off railroad to its intersection with the main line of the Delaware Railroad, thence by said rain ts,:;!isceti, to t ive line of Delaware Railroad to where it is crossed by the State changed' road, thence southerly along State road to the boundary line between Red Lion Hundred and New Castle Hundred, shall be known as the Fourth Election District of the Tenth Representa-tive District. Approved March a, A. D. 1901. 9 lit Election ioth 10 OF LIMITS. CHAPTER 4. OF LIMITS. LAWS OF DELAWARE. AN ACT TO (MANGE TUE VOTING PLACE IN THE SECOND ULECTION DISTRICT OF THE ELEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY. Be it enacted hy the Senate and Rime of Reimesentatiee,s of the S'tate of Delaware in General Assembly in Place of hold- Section 1. That all persons entitled to vote at' a I I general and tug elections in 2nd Mee- special elections in the Second Election District at the Eleventh tion District of iith Repteseti- Representative District in New Castle County, shall vote at tat ive District. N. C. county. School House in School District No. 57 in said District. Section 2. That all Acts or parts of Act inconsistent here-with be and the same are hereby repealed. Approred March 9, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF LIMITS. CHAPTER 5. OF AN Aar REPEALING CHAPTER 159,VOLUME 21, LAWS OF DELAWARE, ENTITLED "AN ACT DESIGNATING THE VOTING PLACE IN THE FIFtST ELECTI011 DISTRICT OF REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT NUM-BER THREE OF KENT COUNTY." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met : Section t. That Chapter No. 159, Volume 21, Laws of Dela- Chapter159, ware, be and the same is hereby repealed. vol. 21 repealApproved February 18, A. D. 1901. OF LIMITS. CHAPTER 6. OF' LIMITS. AN ACT DESIGNATING THE VOTING PLACE IN TI1E FIRST ELECTION D [STRICT OF REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT NUMBER THREE OF KENT COUNTY. Re it courted hy the Senate and Thome qf Repreeentalivee of the State of Delaware in General Amembly met Place of hold- Section i. That after this Act becomes a law, every general tug elections in Election and special election held in the First Election District of Repre-sentative District Number Three of Kent County, shall be held five District Nu. 3 at the times and in the manner fixed by law in the building now occupied and used by Thomas Holliday, in the town of Clayton, as and for a wheelwright shop. .1.pprore(I Pehroary 18, I. I). 1901. 12 LAWS OF DELAWARE. LAWS OF DELA WARR. OF LIMITS. CHAPTER 7. OF LIMITS. AN ACT REPEALING CHAPTER i6o, VOLUME 21, LAWS OF DELAWARE, ENTITLED "AN ACT DESIGNATING THE VOTING PLACE IN THE SECOND ELECTION DISTRICT OF REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT NUM-BER THREE OF KENT COUNTY." Be it enacted by the Senate and Howe of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section I. That Chapter i6o,, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, Chapter 16o, Volume M. re. be and the same is hereby repealed. pealed. Approved February 18, A. D. 1901. 4 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF LIMITS. CHAPTER 8. OF LIMITS. AN ACT DESIGNATING THE VOTING PLACE IN THE SECOND ELECTION DISTRICT OF REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT NUMBER THREE OP RENT COUNTY. Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General A8sembly met: Place of hold. Section t. That, after this Act becomes a law, every General ilnu gE elelc"tio"n" and Specjal Election held in the Second Election District of Rep- o1f) 1R0e0p0r e1s4e0n' t2a - resentative District Number Three of Kent County, shall be held tNivoet . Disttict in the building now kept as an inn, tavern and hotel, by Samuel Fortner, in the town of Kenton. Approved February 18, A. D. 1901. LANIN OF DELAWARE. 15 OF LIMITS,. CHAPTER 9. OF LIMITS. As ACT TO DIi'IDE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN OF KENT COUNTY INTO TWO ELECTION DISTRICTS. Be it enacted by the Senate aml HOUtie of Representative.? of die State of Delaware in General Assembly met Section i. That for the purpose of holding elections for Dis-trict, County and State offices in Representative District Number avivomeapotn. Seven of Kent County, the said Representative District is hereby districts. divided into two Election Districts, viz.: By a line beginning at Stubbs Corner where the public road loeurneodp.rizs from Camden to Willow Grove intersects the northern line of the Sixth Representative District of Kent County and following the centre line of the said Camden and Willow Grove road in a northeasterly direction to the centre line of the Cedir Lane road; thence along the centre line of the Cedar Lane road, in a south-easterly direction to the centre line of the public road from Cam-den to Canterbury; thence along the centre line of the said Cam-den road a short distance in a northerly direction to the centre line of the public road leading to Green's Mill and Rising Sun; thence along the centre line of the Green's Mill and Rising Sun road in an easterly direction to the centre line of the public road leading from Camden to Magnolia at Rising Sun; thence follow-ing the centre line of the said Camden and Magnolia road in a southeasterly direction to the northern line of the Eighth Repre-sentative District of Kent County. All that part of Representa-tive District Number Seven of Kent County lying north, east and west of said dividing line shall be the First Election District of Representative District Number Seven of Kent County, and all that portion of said Representative District lying south, east and west of said dividing line shall be the Second Election District of Representative District Number Seven of Kent County. Section 2. That the town of Camden, Kent County, shall be ,c.oat modgepniatocebtin the voting place 6f the First Election District of the said Repre- gin9on, 1 6 LAWS OF DELAWARF. I. OF LIMITS. woodside to be sentative District, and the town of Woodside, Kent County, voting place in lection Dia. shall be the voting place of the Second Election District of the trict No. a. said Representative District. Approved March 9, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 17 OF LI:MTS. CHAPTER 1o. OP LIMITS. AN Arr DIVIDING TIIE FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT OF SUSSEX COUNTY INTO TWO ELECTION DISTRICTS BY A NEW DIVIDINo LINE OF SAID Disriacr. Be it e»aded_by Ow Senate and Ilonst of Repre$eatalice4 if 04e Stale qi Delawareli Ge»eral A$Hembly met Section I. That for the purpose of holding elections for Hundred, District, County and State offices in the Fifth Repre-sentative District of Sussex County, the said Representative Dis-trict, in lieu of the present subdivision into election districts, viz.: At Warrington's Store, thence in a westerly course by the chnuont farm of E. H. Warrington, thence over the branch by the farmb1-7,==, of J. Cannon to the junctions of the road; thence ni a northwest- ttiptldpi,!etsrelicittl . 0 erly direction by the residence of T. Ward and J. Ward to the VspoiAri,,c,,,et x mill stream of Ellis' Mills, over the stream to the main country cotino, road leading from Laurel to Smith's Mills by Kings Church; thence in a westerly course by a new road by the farm of E. C. Gordy to the old State road; thence south down the old State road t3 Mrs. H. Lynch; thence in a westerly course by the farm of E. 011ephant and the farm of S. Hill to the main roaa leading from Laurel to Delmar; thence in a northerly direction to the road leading to Bacon's Switch; thence in a westerly direction leading to Bacon's Station, across the railroad, down the main country road by Jonathan Rickards, by the farm of J. W. Rickards till it strikes the road leading to Spring Hill; thence southerly to fork Of road near Ralph Store; thence in northerly direction to the land of Charles Walson: thence in a westerly course around said land back; thence in a westerly direction to the main country road by William B. Rickards, S. P. Twilley and j. E. Twillev to the corner of D. M. Philips; thence in a westerly direction to William Owens; thence in a southerly direction to A. R. Bradley; thence in a westerly direction to a point of R. Twilley's farm. Approred March 9, A. D. 1901. OF LIMITS. CHAPTER LIMITs. AN Ayr DEst(LNATIti THE VoTI:sa: PLACEs IN TUE ELEcTtoS Drs- Tincl's ni REPREsESTATIvE DisTiticr Nr:ittlElt FIVE IN SUSSEX COUNTY. IJ ii emwted by the Senate and lbws(' of Representatires qi die State qf Dclutoree Iii (;etierut Amembly met : Voting place uf Election I to.- Section 1. That from and after this Act becomes a law every tr JO No. of Rept esentative general and special election held in the First Election District of District Nu. to he at or near the Fifth Representative District of Sussex County shall be held Laurel Honse in town of at ur twat* the Laurel House in the town of Laurel. VrEootlineg c,vlttaicoeoofn t. thAe nsdai de veFriyf thsu cRhe perleecsetinotna tihveeld Ii)ni stthriec tS oefc oSnuds sEelxe cCtioonu nDtyi ssthriacllt 11;?,.`e,Teit.',.6e be :lei(' at or near the store house of William L. Sirman in the sint,!iieealtiooru...11::,1,rf co )%i.'11 of Delmar. Win. I. Slr, To, ' ipprOrrd .1Thirh 9, A. p, De:m.1r. LAWs OF DELAWARE. 1 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF LIMITS. CHAPTER 12. OF LIMITS. AN AT To DIVIDE THE SECoND ELECTION DISTDIcT OF TIIE TENT!! REPRESENTATIVE DISTRic"r OF SUSSEX CoUNTY INTO Two ELEr- 'nos DISTRICTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatices of the Stale of Delaware in (Jenard Assembly met Section 1. That for the purpose of holding elections for Electton Hundred, District, County and State officers in wnat is now the eielcp-:AtIgve Second Election District of the Tenth Representative District of Sussex County, the said Election District is hereby divided into Litoittitioton two Election Districts, as follows: By a line beginning at Broad. district,. kiln Inlet at the entrance to the Delaware Bay; thence up Broad-kiln Sound on a line of Broadkiln Hundred to Broadkiln River; thence up said river to Mill Creek; thence up said Mill Creek to Black Oak Gut; thence up Black Oak Gut and across the new Ho', mini road leading- from Lewes to Nassau to the old road leading from Milton to Lewes, at or near Yellow Hill School House; thence with said public road by way of Five Points and Prettyman's Corner to the public road leading from Lewes to Rehoboth, at William H. Virden's farm; thence in a southeasterly direction across said Virden farm and southwest of the farm house to the head of Wolf's Glade; thence down and with the stream in said Wolf's Glade to Lewes Creek; thence turning and running in an easterly direction to a point at the ocean shore, one-half mile south of Cape Henlopen Life Saving Station. All that part of the Second Election District of the Tenth _Representative District of Sussex County lying on the north side of said dividing line shall remain and be the Second Election District of the Tenth Repre-sentative District of Sussex County; and all on the south side of said dividing line shall be the Third Election District of the Tenth Representative District of Sussex County. Approved March 14, A. D. 1.901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF I, I NI CHAPTER 13. OF LIMITS. AN ACT DESIGNATING THE VOTING PLACES IN THE SECOND AND THIRD ELEC71'ION DISTRICTS OF THE TENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT OF' SUSSEX COUNTY. J'(' it enacted by the Senate and Haase of Representatire.4 of the State qf Delaware in Gelwral .elmembly met iVno tNinegw pSlaeccoen d Section 1. That after this Act becomes a law every general EleCt i" Dig.. and special election held in the new Second Election District of ict of Repre-ent" the Dis" the Tenth Representative District of Sussex County shall be held trict No. to to ah before. at the place heretofore designated by law for holding elections in the Second Election District of the Tenth Representative Dis-vEoletic" tgio nP Olahcs-e " trict of Sussex County, and every general and special election IRi elept reNsoe. n3t aotfiv e held in the Third Election District of the Tenth Representative District No. to District of Sussex County shall be held at Henry Wolf's Old to he at or near Henry Wolf's Store, or as near thereto as practicable, in said district. Old Store. Approved March 14, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 21 OF JUDICIAL REPORTS. CHAPTER 14. OF JUDICIAL REPORTS. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A SECOND EDITION OF HARRINGTON'S RE PORTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met Section r. That the Associate Judge of the Superior Court Associate resident in Kent County, be and he is hereby authorized and di- tgrtytKent rected to have printed and published at least four hundred copies rine p"2,r"' of each of the five volumes of Harrington's reports, and to de-posit in the State Library one hundred copies of each volume of certific-te said reports so printed; and on the certificate of the Secretary of gf,=,Yrroaf, State that one hundred copies of any volume of said reports have Loerrpeoarnent been so deposited in the State Library, the Governor is author-ized to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer to pay for the Price per rot-printing of the same at the price of Ten dollars per copy of each um' volume so deposited. Approved March 9, A. D. 1901. 'sliblects of tX.t ion. TITLE SECOND. Of the Public Revenue ; and the Assessment, Collec-tion and Appropriation of Taxes CHAPTER 15. OF THE REVENUES OF TH E STATE. AN ACT To RAISE REVENUE FOR TH E STATE ny TAXING CERTAIN CORPORATIONS. fie it (warted by the Senate mul qf Repre.lentatire4 qj the Stale (,)* Delaware, in General if membly ijiet : Section 1. That every telegraph, telephone, cable or elec-tric light company, or company organized for the distribution of electricity, heat or power, or organized for the purpose of produc-ing or distributing steam, heat or power, every express company not owned by a railroad company and not otherwise taxed, every company organized for the purpose of the production, distribu-tion, or sale of gas, every parlor, palace, or sleeping car company, every oil or pipe line company, every life insurance company, every fire, marine, live stock, casualty or accident insurance com-pany, except mutual fire insurance companies which do not issue policies on the stock plan, hereafter incorporated under the laws of this State, shall pay an annual tax, for the use of the State by way of license for its corporate franchise as hereinafter mentioned; provided, however, that no company or society shall be construed to be a life insurance company within the purview of this Act, which, by its certificate of incorporation shall have for its object the assistance of sick, needy or disabled members, the defraying of funeral expenses of deceased members, or to provide for the wants of the widows and families of members after death. ti it U St St at `i pt St tr Pt dt ot cc th el. st Ill in at th or St pc ta ta íal Al itt 22 LAWS OF DELA WA RE. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 2 7, OF THE REVENUES OF TUE STATE. Section 2. That on or before the first Tuesday of January Report to Sec-f next, and annually thereafter, it shall be the duty of the president, tary o State treasurer or other proper officer of every corporation hereafter incorporated of the character specified in the preceding Section, to make report to the Secretary of State, stating specifically the following particulars, namely: Each telegraph, telephone, cable or express company not owned by a railroad company and not otherwise taxed, shall state the gross amount of its receipts from business done in this State for the year preceding the making such report; each gas company and electric light company shall state the amount of Its receipts for light or power supplied with-in this State for the year preceding the making of such report, and the amount of dividends declared or paid during the same ime: each company organized for the distribution of heat or power or organized, for the purpose of producing or distributing steam, heat or power, shall state the amount of its receipts for the distribution of heat or power, or for the production or dis-tribution of steam, heat or power within this State for the year preceding the making of such report, and the amount of divi-dends declared or paid during the same time; each parlor, palace or sleeping car company shall state the gross amount of its re-ceipts for fare or tolls for transportation of passengers within this State during the same time; each oil or pipe line company engaged in the transportation of oil or crude petroleum shall state the gross amount of its receipts from the transportation of oil or petroleum through its pipes or in and by its tanks or cars in this State during the same time; each fire, marine, live stock, casualty or accident insurance company shall state the total amount of premiums received by it for insurance upon the lives of persons resident or property located within this State, during the same time. Every other corporation shall file with the Secretary of State on or before the first day of January in each year an annual re-port, which shall state the location of its principal office in this State; the names of its officers, the amount of its authorized capi-tal, the amount actually paid in, the amount invested in real es-tate, the tax annually thereon and the amount invested in manu-facturing or mining in this State, or both. Section 3. If any officer of any corporation required by this Fake suit": Act to make a return to the Secretary of State, shall, in such re- Meta, perjm . turn, make any false statement, he shall be deemed guilty of per- 24 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF TI1E REVENUES OF THE STATE. jury; if any such corporation shall neglect or refuse to make such return within the time limited as aforesaid the Secretary of State shall ascertain and fix the amount of the annual license fee or franchise tax, and the basis upon which the same is determined, in such manner as may be deemed by him most practicable, and the amount so fixed by him shall stand as such basis of taxation un-der this Act. Section 4. That each telegraph; telephone, cable and ex-press corporation shall pay to the State Treasurer for the use of the State, an annual license fee or franchise tax at the rate o: one per centum, upon the gross amount of its receipts so returned or ascertained; that each corporation organized for the distribution of electricity, heat or power, or organized for the purpose of pro-ducing or distributing steam, heat or power, or organized for the purpose of the production, distribution or sale of gas shall pay to the State Treasurer, for the use of the State, an annual license fee or franchise tax at the rate of two-fifths of one per cent= upon the gross amount of its receipts so returned or ascertained, and four per cent= upon the dividends in excess of four per centum so paid or declared by any such corporation; that each oil or pipe line corporation shall pay to the State Treasurer, for the use of the State, an annual license fee or franchise tax at the rate of three-fifths of one per centum upon the gross amount of its re-ceipts so returned or ascertained; that each insurance company other than life shall pay to the State Treasurer for the use of the State, an annual license fee or franchise tax at the rate of three-fourths of one per centum upon the gross amount of its prem-iums so returned or ascertained; that each life insurance company shall pay to the State Treasurer, for the use of the State, an an-nual license fee or franchise tax of three-fourths of one per cen- t= upon the amount of its surplus on the thirty-first day of De-cember next preceding as fixed by Section 5 of this Act, and in addition thereto, a further annual license fee or franchise tax of thirty-one hundreds of one per centum upon the total gross in-surance premiums collected by such companies during the year ending the thirty-first of December next preceding. The Insur-ance Commissioner of this State shall ascertain and report to the Secretary of State all facts necessary to enable the said Secretary of State to ascertain and fix the amount of taxation to be paid by life insurance companies under this Act, and shall also certify to each of said companies the amount of such taxation under this Neglect or re-fot. el to make return ; Tax how fixed. , :tte If tax. 1.oly or e ell/111711h. I Prier. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 25 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. Act; that each parlor, palace, or sleeping car corporation shall pay to the State Treasurer, for the use of the State an annual license fee or franchise tax at the rate of one and one-half per centum upon the gross amount of its receipts so returned or as-certained; if any oil or pipe line corporation has part of its trans-portation line in this State and part thereof in another State or other States, such corporation shall return a statement of its gross receipts for transportation of oil or petroleum over its whole line, together with a statement of the whole length of its line, and the length of its line in this State; such corporation shall pay an annual license fee or franchise tax to the State Treasurer, for the use of the State, at the aforesaid rate upon such propor-tion of its said gross receipts as the length of its line in this State bears to the whole length of its line; that all other corporations coorrolvs hereafter incorporated under the laws of this State, and not herc-:-:o re Iperrovideed mbefore provided for shall pay an annual license fee or franchise rcir' tax of one-twentieth of one per centum on all amounts of capital Rates of tax actually paid in up to and including the sum of three million"' dollars; on all sums of capital stock issued and outstanding in excess of three million dollars and not exceeding five million dollars, an annual license fee or franchise tax of one-fortieth of one per centum and the further sum of thirty dollars per annum per one million dollars or any part thereof, on all amounts of capital stock, issued and outstanding in excess of five million dollars; provided, that this Act shall not apply to railroad, rail- Exemption, way, canal or banking corporations or to savings banks, ceme-teries or religious corporations, or to purely charitable or educa-tional associations or manufacturing or mining corporations, at least fifty per centum of whose capital stock issued and outstand-ing is invested in mining or manufacturing carried on within this State; if any manufacturing or mining company, carrying on business in this State, shall have less than fifty per centum of its capital stock issued and outstanding, invested in business carried on within this State such company 'shall pay the annual license fee or franchise tax herein provided for companies not carrying on business in this State, but shall be entitled in the computation of such tax, to a deduction from the amount of its capital stock issued and outstanding of the assessed value of its real and per-sonal estate so used in manufacturing or milling, or to any mer-cantile corporation whose capital actually paid in is invested in a mercantile business and carried on within this State, and-which 1, now subject to a lict.lisp tax for the parrying on of said business InterePt t1 unpaid. March after the same becomes due the same shall thenceforth bear interest at the rate of one per centum for each month until rowerf of Secre- paid; the Secretary of State shall have power to inquire into the tary o State inquire to into truth or falsity of every report required to be filed by this Act truth of reports as May be necessary to carry out the provisions hereof; and may require the production of the books of any such corporation, and may swear or affirm and examine witnesses in relation thereto. 0 t Ct St iTri In St 1.11 Tax a debt. Section 6. That such tax when determined shall be a debt due from such corporation or company to the State, for which an action at law may be maintained after the same shall have been in arrears for the period of one month, such tax shall also be a preferred debt in .case of insolvency. tt, Section 7. That in addition to other remedies for the col- qt lection of such tax it shall be lawful for the Attorney General, th either of his own motion or upon request of the State Treasurer, ar whenever any tax due under this Act from any corporation or Art eat age of company shall have remained in arrears for a period of three tax. ;41: ttorney Gen months after the same shall have become payable, to apply Afeorar l itnoj uanpcp-tliyo n Court of Chancery, by petition in the name of the State, otno ftihvee undcr Chapter 117, Volume 13, Laws of Delaware. ti Secretary of Section 5. That the Secretary of State shall certify and re- (I State to certify to State Trea. port to the State Treasurer, on or before the first Tuesday of surer aunual license fee. February in each year, a statement of the basis of the annual license fee or franchise tax determined from the annual report filed by each corporation as hereinbefore required, and the amount of tax due thereon respectively, at the rate fixed by this Act; such tax shall thereafter become due and payable and it Treasurer to Duty of State shall be the duty of the State Treasurer to inunediately notify all receive tax corporations of the amount of such license fee, or franchise tax due and payable by them and to receive the same; if the tax of any corporation or company remains unpaid on the first day of days notice to such corporation or company, which notice may th be served in such manner as the Chancellor may direct for an injunction to restrain such corporation or company from the exercise of any franchise, or the transaction of any business with- ea in this State until the payment of such tax and interest clue there- of on and the cost of such application shall be fixed by the Chan- pr cellor: the said Court is hereby authorized to grant such in- th junction, if a proper case appears and upon the granting and of service of such injunction, it shall not be lawful for any such cor- 26 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. a] LAWS OF DELAWARE. 27 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. poration or company thereafter to exercise any franchise or transact any business in this State until such injunction shall be dissolved. Section 8. That this Act shall not apply to or in any manner tlioxtotiol tirr:ct affect the tax upon the premiums obtained in this State by for- t2 ru sn fir e i n - eign fire insurance companies and their agents, which tax shall +4*ml:we COM be in lieu of the tax herein provided and shall be collected and Pan em. distributed as is specially provided by law in relation thereto. Section 9. When, by the laws of any other State or nation, taxation. Retaliatory any other or greater taxes, fines, penalties, licenses, fees or other obligations or requirements are imposed ttpon corporations of t:lis State, doing business in such other State or nation, or upon their agents therein, than the laws of this State impose upon their corporations or agents doing business in tkis State, so long as such laws continue in force in such foreign State or nation, the same taxes, fines, penalties, licenses, fees, obligations and require-ments, of whatever kind shall be imposed upon all corporations of such other State or nation doing business within this State and upon their agents here; provided, that nothing herein shall be held to repeal any duty, condition or requirement now imposed by law upon such corporations of other States or nations trans-acting business in the State. Section 10. If any corporation hereafter created shall for two consecutive years neglect or refuse to pay the State any tax which has been or shall be assessed against it, or which it is re-quired to pay, under any law of this State and made payable into the State Treasury, the charter of such corporation shall be void, ncgurticifilLo}itidt. and all powers conferred by law upon such corporation are here- r =ei.!,.for by declared inoperative and void, unless the Governor shall for good cause shown to him, give further time for the payment of such taxes, in which case a certificate thereof shall be filed by the Governor in the office of the State Treasurer, stating the reasons therefor. Section ii. On or before the first Tuesday of January in =1;711:i each year the State Treasurer shall report to the Governor a list delinquent c>011,Tranuoire.s of all the corporations or companies which for two years next t o preceding such report have failed, neglected or refused to pay the taxes assessed against them or due by them, under the law of this State, and the Governor shall forthwith issue his procla- OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. illation, declaring under this Act of the Legislature that the char-ters of these corporations are repealed. Proclamation Section 12. The proclamation of the Governor shall be filed of Governor to be filed and in the office of the Secretary of State, and published in such news-published. papers and for such length of time as the Governor shall desig-nate. Penalty for ex- Section 13. Any person or persons who shall exercise or ercise of cor-porate powers attempt to exercise any powers under the charter of any such after issue of proclamation corporation after the) issuing of such proclamation shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by im-prisonment not exceeding one year, or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court. Collection of Section 14. After any corporation of this State hereafter del it/picot taxes. incorporated has failed and neglected for the space of two con-secutive years to pay the taxes imposed on it by law, and the State Treasurer of this State shall have reported such corpora-tion to the Governor of this State, as provided in this Act, then Attorney Gen- it shall be lawful for the Attorney-General of this State to pro-fornjotorr only cced against said corporation in the Court of Chancery of this Chancery. State for the appointment of a receiver, or otherwise, and the said court in such proceeding shall lscertain the amount of the taxes remaining due and unpaid by such corporation to the State of Delaware, and shall enter a final decree for the amount so ascertained. and thereupon a fieri facias or other process shall issue for the collection of the same as other debts are collected, Sale of pro- and if no property which may be seized and sold on fieri facias petty. shall be found within the said State of Delaware, sufficient to pay such decree, the said court shall further order and decree that the said corporation, within ten days from and after the service of notice of such decree upon any officer of said corporation upon wlmin service Id process may 1W I:1%0'1111y made, or such notice ItS Assignment of the court shall direct, shall assign and transfer to the trustees or property to receiver receiver appointed by the court, r.-y chose in action, or any pat-ent or patents, or anv assignment of, or license under any pat-ented invention or inventions owned by, leased or licensed to or Sale of pro- controlled ill whole or in part by said corporation, to be sold by perty said receiver or trustee for the satisfaction of such decree, and no inj.unction theretofore issued nor any forfeiture of the charter of any such corporation shall be held to exempt such corpora-tion from compliance with such order of the court; and if the 28 LAWS OF DELAWARE. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 29 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. said corporation shall neglect or refuse within ten days from and Failure to after the service of such notice of such decree to assign and trans- a5S gn. fer the same to such receiver or trustee for sale as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of said court to appoint a trustee to make the owip?rti telen assignment of the same, in the name and on behalf of such cor- assign. poration, to the receiver or trustee appointed to make such sale, and the said receiver or trustee shall thereupon after such notice, Duty erotiore- and in such manner as required for the sale under fieri facias of assign personal property, sell the same to the highest bidder, and the said receiver or trustee, upon the payment of the purchase money, shall execute and deliver to such purchaser an assign-ment and transfer of all the patents and interests of the corpora-tion so sold, which assignment or transfer shall vest in the pur-chaser a valid title to all the right, title and interest whatsoever of the said corporation therein, and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to the payment of such unpaid taxes, together with the costs of said proceedings. Section 15. Whenever it is established to the satisfaction of Goorrior to c ct the Governor that any corporation named in said proclamation take. has not neglected or refused to pay said tax within two consecu-tive years, or has been inadvertently reported to the Governor by the State Treasurer as refusing or neglecting to pay the same as aforesaid, that the Governor be and he is hereby authorized to correct such mistake, and to make the same known by filing hisrorc:leilasielwettotn proclamation to that effect in the office of the Secretary of State. to be filed. Section 16. If the charter of any corporation hereafter.R einstatement created shall become inoperative or void by proclamation of the nons.p Governor, or by operation of law, for non-payment of taxes the Governor, by and with the advice of the Attorney-General, may, at any time within two years thereafter, or after the default in the payment of such taxes, upon payment by said corporation to the Secretary of State of such sum in lieu of taxes and penalties as to them may seem reasonable, but in no case to be less than the fees required as upon the filing of the original certificate of incorpora-tion, permit such corporation to be reinstated and entitled to all its franchises and privileges, and upon such payment as aforesaid the Secretary of State shall issue his certificate entitling such cor-poration to continue its said business and its said franchises. Nothing in this Section contained shall relieve said corpora-tion from penalty of forfeiture of franchises in case of failure to pay future taxes imposed as in this Act provided. Waiver of op. peal. Exemption under. Reason for. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. Review of RS. Section 17. The officers of any corporation who shall con-sessment for readjustment sider the tax levied under the provisions of this Act excessive or of tax, otherwise unjust, may make application to the Governor for a re-view of the assessment and a readjustment of the tax; provided, Petition for to there be filed with the Governor within three months from the be within three monihs from date of assessment a petition of appeal, duly verified according to date of assess. tnent. law, stating specifically the grounds upon which the appeal is taken and the reasons why the tax is considered excessive or un-just; the Governor shall thereupon proceed to investigate the con-tentions raised by the said petition of appeal; and for the purpose of such hearing, the officers of said corporation may be summon-ed to appear before the Governor, either in person or by at-torney, and questioned as to the statements set forth in the said petition of appeal; if, in the opinion of the Governor it shall ap-pear that the tax so levied as aforesaid is excessive or unjust, he shall thereupon require the officers of the corporation to file with him a corrected return, and upon said corrected return the as-sessment shall be adjusted and the tax reduced or amended as in the opinion of the Governor shall seem proper. If the petition of appeal shall not be filed within three months from the date of the assessment, as aforesaid, the right to appeal to the Governor shall be considered and treated as having been waived and the amount of tax levied shall be payable and col-lectible at once. Compensation Section 18. That the Secretary of State shall receive for the of Secretary of State. services required of him under the provisions of this Act the sum of five hundred dollars to be paid to him annually in addition to the salary and fees now provided by law. Section 19. That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to corporations heretofore incorporated and the property of such corporations is hereby made exempt from taxation under the provisions of this Act, such exemption, in the opinion of the Gen-eral Assembly, being best to promote the public welfare. Approved March 10th, 1899. A oicodul a ad approved March 7th, 1901. 30 LAWS OF DELAWARE. LAW'S OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 16. House Amendment to House Bill No. 233. Amend House Bill No. 233, by adding at the end of Section Amendment to 3 thereof the following: "And by inserting between the VOrdS gfiell3ofthe 'Treasurer' and 'to' in the eighth line of Section 5 the following, to immediately notify all corporations of the amount of such license fee, or franchise tax due and payable by them and." Also by adding a new Section thereto as Section 4 as fol- aNdde wec1.ecttun lows: "Section 4. That in makinepublication of the laws enacted Title of the bill at the present Session of the General Assembly, the Secretary of State shall publish the Act to which these amendments are add-ed as the said Act is hereby amended." An Act to amend Chapter 166 of Volume 21, Laws of Dela-ware, entitled "An Act to raise revenue for the State by taxing l'Urtai COrpOrati VMS" Iwing an act relating to annual reports of corporations, and changing the tasahle basis of corporations. Be it twirled by the Scatter mid Holm' 4 Rriore.leatatires 4 the Stith, of Itehttc(tre u Geoterol Ax.qrsithly met Section t. That Section 2 of said Chapter he amended bv Antendluxmt to ' Section x. adding thereto the following, to wit: Every other corporation shall file with the Secretary of state rTo atrai on or before the first day of January in each year an annual re- see'Cretary port, which shall state the location of its principal office in this STton tee°. otain State; the names of its officers, the amount of its authorized cap-ital, the amount actually paid in, the amount invested in real olteenAme9of estate, the tax annually thereon and the amount invested in manu-facturing or mining in this State, or both. Section 2. That Section 4 of said Chapter be amended bytrvoutlinient to striking out all of said Section after the word "shall" in the forty-ninth line thereof to the word "pay" in the fifty-second line there-of, and by striking out of the fifty-fourth line of said Section 4 31 NITE Printed it:, CIII Oiled 32 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Ob"THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. the words "stock issued and outstanding" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "actually paid in;" and by striking out the period at the end of said Section 4, and inserting in lieu thereof a comma, and by adding to said Section 4 the following, to wit: "or to any mercantile corporation whose capital actually paid in is invested in a mercantile business and carried on within this State, and which is now subject to a license tax for the carrying on of said business under Chapter 117, Volume 13, Laws of Delaware." Amendment to Section 3. That Section 5 of said Chapter be amended by Section 5 striking out of line 4 of Section 5 the word "returned" and by inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit: "Determined from the annual report filed;" and by striking out of lines 4 and 5 ot said Section 5 the words "or company to or be ascertained by the said Secretary of State" and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-lowing, to wit: "as hereinbeforctrequired;" and by striking out all of said Section 5 after the word "to" in line twelve thereof to the word "as" in line fourteen thereof, and by inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit: "inquire into the truth or falsity of every report required to be filed by this Act;" and by striking out of the fifteenth line of said Section 5 the words "of this act" and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "hereof:" and by striking out of the sixteenth line of said Section 5 the words "or company." Approved 'Worth 7, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAAVARF,. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 17. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 24, VOLUME 14, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS SUPPLIMENTIM BY CHAPTER 364, VOLUME 14, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AND AS AMENDED BY CHAPTERS TO AND I I, VOLUME 15, LAWS OF DELAWARE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO RAISE REVENUE FOR THE STATE BY TAXING MANUFACTURERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES." Be it enaeted by the S'enate and libude of Repre8entatived of the State of Delaware in General :brambly met Section I. That Chapter 24, of Volume .14, as supplemented by Chapter 364 of Volume 14, and as amended by Chapters 10 and II of Volume 13, as codified on page 69 of the Revised Code, be and the same is hereby amended as follows, to wit: That Section I of said Act be and the same is hereby amend-ed by striking out all of said Section beginning at the beginning, and down to the words "and provided further" in the fifty-third line thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words. to wit: That every individual, association of persons, firm or cor-poration engaged as owner or owners in the production or manu-facture, 'by hand or machinery, of goods, wares or merchandise, or of any article or material, or any combination or composition of any articles or materials of every nature and substance what-soever, except the usual farm products for home consumption or market purposes, and desiring to continue in said production or manufacture, shall annually hereafter, on or before the first day Niaminiciure, of June, take out a license to engage in said production or manu- ..cetees°011.1 Or facture, for which said individual, association of persons, firm, bjfjotruetei.st (tar or corporation shall pay, for the use of the State, the sum of five Amount to by dollars to the Clerk of the Peace of the county in which such P"id' individual, association of persons, firm or corporation is engaged and desires to continue engaged in such production or manu-facture; and every such individual, association of persons, firm or 33 34 'forth' u f iceo4e. OF TIIE REVENVES OF THE STATE To file with corporation, shall, on or before the first day of June, annually, Clerk of the Pence state- hereafter, before taking out said license, file with the said Clerk otunetli,t4tiftttleure of the Peace a true statement of the aggregate cost value of all value of real . he real and personal property located in this State, and used by and personal g'""tY used such individual, association of persons, firm, or corporation, in &c said production or manufacture. Oath or affirm- The said statement shall be verified by the oath or affirma-allot), how made. lion of such individual, or one member of such firm or associa-tion of persons. or of the president or other officer of such cor-poration, that such aggregate cost yalue does not exceed the sum named, and the said oath or affirmation may be taken before any person who, by the laws of this State, is duly authorized to administer the same. Every such individual, association of per-sons, firm or corporation, so as aforesaid, engaged and desiring to continue engaged in said production or manufacture, shall, on or before the said first day of June, annually, before taking out the said license, pay to the said Clerk of the Peace for the use of the State in addition to the above named sum of Five Vut thei dollars, the further sum of one-twentieth of one per cent. on the to be paid. value of the real and personal estate used in said production or manufacture up to and including the sum of Three million dol-lars; on the value of said personal and real estate used in said production and manufacture in excess of Three million dollars and not exceeding Five million dollars, an annual tax of one-fortieth of one per cent.; and the further sum of thirty dollars per annum for one million dollars or any part thereof on the value of said personal and real estate so used in said production and manufacture in excess of Five million dollars. The license shall authorize the production or manufacture of goods, wares, merchandise, or of any article or material, or any combination of any article or -material only at one place, and for only one year from the first of June. Approred Hureh 12, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. a a U Cm LAWS OF DELAWARE. 35 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 18. OF Tim REVENrEs OF' THE STATE. AN ACT To RE-ADJUST THE Amotiyrs To DE pAm BY "THE DELAWARE RAILROAD CIMPANY" IN COMMUTATION OF ITS STATE TAXEs. Be, it eurseted by the Smote owl Roost! (If Iterre.leritotireN 4 the 9rs1e Delow ire io iener«1 Assemblg met, as follows Section 1. That the Treasurer of the State be and he is state Treo,. hereby authorized and directed to accept and receive from The ttiarxer to receive Delaware Railroad Company in the year of our Lord one thou-sand nine hundred and one, and in each and every year there-after until otherwise directed by the Legislature, the annual sum Ammal of Ten thousand dollat s, to be paid in manner following, viz.: am°""t of' the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars on the first day of April, Bow i4. (being in addition to the sum of fifteen hundred dollars paid by said company on the first day of January) and the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars on each of the first days of July and October in the present year, and thereafter by equal quarterly installments of twenty-five hundred dollars each on the first days of January, April, July and October in each year, which said payments shall be in lieu of all taxes which may hereafter become due from said Said payments company in each year as aforesaid, under any and all laws of this itaux1rs.ii of all State; and upon each payment thereof in the manner aforesaid. the State Treasurer shall execute and deliver to said Company a proper acquittance therefore: Provided, however, that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to repeal, modify or in any manner affect any existing law imposing taxes upon the said Company, otherwise than to suspend collection of said taxes in any year which the said Company shall pay to the State Treas-urer the amount specified in this Act, nor shall the provisions Act not to ex of this Act, or anything herein contained, be construed into a 7-rnot t5=ny contract exempting the said Company from the payment of such:co:fano, taxes as the Legislature of this State may hereafter impose upon said Company. 36 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF T111.3 REVENUES OF THE STATE. Fortner Act Section 2. That the Act entitled "An Act concerning the repealed. revenue of the State" passed April 20, 1887, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved March 14, A. D. 1901. CHAPTER 19. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. As ACT PROVIDING FOR THE COMMUTATION BY "THE 13ALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA RAILROAD COMPANY" OF TAXES, PROVIDED FOR BY THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO RAISE REVENUE FOR TIIIS STATE" PASSED AT DOVER, AUGUST 11, 1864, THE ACT EN-TITLED "AN ACT TAXING RAILROAD AND CANAL COMPANIES IN Ms STATE" PASSED AT DOVER, APRIL 8, 1869, AND THE ACT ENTITLED "A SUPPLEMENT To AN ACT ENTITLED "As At"r TO INCORPORATE THE PURCHASERS OF THE WILMINGTON AND WEST-ERN RAILROAD" PASSED AT DOVER, MARC!! I, 1881. Ile it enacted by the Senate and House qf Reiwenentatirex qf the State qf Delaware in General Amembly met, (1.1 fidlowx State Trea.surer Section t. That if "The Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad to receive tax. Company" shall pay to the State Treasurer, for the use of the Amnonuunalt of. State, the annual sum of twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, in equal semi-annual instalments on the first day of April, and the first day of October in each year, the first of such How Danl. payments to be made on the first day of October, A. D. 1901, for the half year elapsing from the first day of April, A. D. 1901, to the said first day of October, A. D. 19m, and which will then amount to the sum of thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, in commutation of all taxes under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to raise revenue for this State" passed at Dover, August 11, 1864, and of the Act entitled "An Act taxing OF TIIE 'REVENUES OF THE STATE. Railroad and Canal Companies in this State" passed at Dover. April 8, 1869, and of an Act entitled "A Supplement to an Act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the purchasers of the Wilming-ton and Western Railroad,'" passed at Dover, March 1, 186'1, such payments shall be accepted and received in commutation I lieu of toxes and payment of the taxes which would be otherwise collectible AleItse.rPre""s from said Company under the provisions of the three several Acts aforesaid, until the annual gross earnings, per mile, of the said The Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad shall amount to the sum of Thirty-five thousand one hundred and fifty dollars and twenty-one cents, the amount of the gross earnings per mile, of the Maryland Division of The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad for the year 1897. Section 2. That this Act shall not in any wise abrogate, re-peal or alter the provisions of either of the Acts mentioned and referred to in Section r of this Act, but shall only operate to suspend the execution and enforcement of the said several Acts. so long as such semi-annual payments shall be regularly and promptly made, or until it shall be otherwise provided by law. And further, that nothing herein contained shall be construed goot:Lee xempt as a contract exempting or relieving the said corporation from hereafter int-any tax or taxes, which may be hereafter imposed by law. - posed by low. Approred Mari* 2, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 37 38 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER zo. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT TO RE-ADJUST TUE AMOUNTS TO BE PAID BY ''TIIE WILMING-TON AND NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY" IN COMMUTATION OF rrs STATE TAXES, UNDER THE ACT OF APRIL 8TII, 1869. Be it marled by the Senate awl Mame f Repreeentatire8 qf the State (#' Delaware ia UeneralNoddy wet 'gate Treasurer Section r. That the Treasurer of the State be and he is receive tax. hereby authorized and directed to accept and receive from The Wilmington arid Northern Railroad Company in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one and in each and every year thereafter, until otherwise directed by the Legislature, the Annual annual sum of Five hundred dollars, to be paid in the manner uuunt of. following, viz.: the sum of One hundred and eighty-seven dol- How paid. ;ars and fifty cents on the first day of April (being in addition to the sum of Sixty-two dollars and fifty cents paid by the said Company on the first day of January) and the sum, of One hun-dred and twenty-five dollars on each of the first days of July and October in the present year and thereafter by equal quarterly installments of One hundred and twenty-five dollars each on the first days of January, April, July and October in each year, which in lieu of all said payments shall be in lieu of all taxes which may hereafter 'axes. become due from said Company in each year as aforesaid, under any and all laws of this State; and upon each payment thereof in the manner aforesaid the State Treasurer shall execute and deliver to said Company a proper acquittance therefor; Provided, however, that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to repeal, modify or in any manner affect any existing law im-posing taxes upon the said Company, otherwise than to suspend collection of said taxes in any year which the said Company shall pay to the State Treasurer the amount specified in this Act. Nor tiot to exempt shall the provisions of this Act or anything herein contained be ..ompituy from future taX(I. construed into a contract, exempting the said Company from ,i0n. the payment of such taxes as the Legislature of this State may hereafter impose upon said Company. LAWS OF DELAWARE. A Il lit ai la in Cl Cd tli at te of pr. c, F LAWS OF DELAWARE. 39: OF THE REVENUES OF THE &MM. Section 2. That the Act entitled "An Act Providing for the commutation by 'The Wilmington and Northern Railroad Com-pany' of taxes provided for by the Act entitled 'An Act Taxing Former Act Railroad and Canal Companies in this State,'" passed at Dover, repealed. April 8, 1869, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved itlareh 8, A. D. 1901. CHAPTER 21. OF THE REVENUES OF TIIE STATE. Ax ACT TO RE-ADJUST THE AMOUNTS TO BE PAID BY THE DELAWARE, MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA. RAILROAD COMI'ANY, IN COMMUTATION (IF ITS STATE TAXES. lie it enacted b,q the Senate and Ibmee qf Repredentative$ of the State of Delaware in General Amembly met, awfotlow Section 1. That the Treasurer of the State be and he is state Treasurer hereby authorized and directed to accept and receive from The to receive tn Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad Company in the year (if our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one, and in each and every year hereafter until otherwise directed by the Legis-lature, the annual sum of Eight hundred dollars, to be paid in Ammal amount manner following, viz.: the sum of Two hundred and eighty-sev- cd en dollars and fifty cents on the first day of April (being in ad- How paid. dition to the sum of One hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents paid by the said Company on the first day of January) and the sum of Two hundred dollars on each of the first clays of July and October in the present year, and thereafter by equal guar- ] terly instalments of Two hundred dollars each on the first days of January, April, July and October in each year, which said payments shall be in lieu of all taxes which may hereafter be LitiLits'll or al: come due from said Company in each year as aforesaid under it Formet acts repealed. 40 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. any and all laws of this State; and upon each payment thereof in the manner aforesaid, the State Treasurer shall execute and deliver to said Company a proper acquittance therefor; Pro-vided, however, that nothing in this Act contained shall be con-strued to repeal, modify or in any manner affect any existing law imposing taxes upon the said Company, otherwise than to suspend collections of said taxes in any year which the said Company shall pay to the State Treasurer the amount specified A in this Act, nor shall the provisions of this Act, or anything here- Not to exempt in contained, be construed into a contract exempting the said eompany frotn e ta xa- Company from the payments of such taxes as the Legislature 00/1. of this State may hereafter impose upon said Company. Section 2. That the Act entitled An Act providing for the commutation by "The Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Rail-road Company" of taxes, provided for by the Acts entitled "An Act to raise revenue for this State" passed at Dover, August 11, 1864, and also by the Act entitled "An Act taxing railroad and canal companies in this State" passed at Dover, April 8, 1869" passed April 9, 1885, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved Marr/i 14, A. D. 1901. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 22. OF VETERINARIANS. AN ACT REQUIRING ALL VETERINARIANS TO REGISTER AND PAY AN ANNUAL LICENSE FEE OF TEN DOLLARS TO THE STATE THEREFOR. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met Section 1. That all veterinarians now or hereafter intending Veterinarians t&rrentietrhwe t to practice their profession in the State of Delaware shall appear in the office of the Clerk of the Peace of one of the counties of Peace. this State and cause himself to be registered in a book to be kept by the Clerks of the Peace for that purpose, and pay to suchray a license Clerk of the Peace a fee of Ten dollars for the State and fifty cents ee f $10. for the fee of such Clerk of the Peace. Such Clerk of the Peace clerk of the shall issue to such person a license authorizing him to practice rieceancesetso gette the profession of veterinarian within the State of Delaware for the period of one year from the date of such license. ac-Rereer: Such licenses shall be prepared by the Secretary of State License:abb e and issued to such Clerks of the Peace, and the license fees counted for as in the case of licenses to practice medicine. State. Approved March 9, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 41 42 Appropria-tions for yeat t. Unexpended nioneyseover-ed into tied,- UI y. Governor. Seci etat y of State. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF TI! E REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 23. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN Aly 31A KING A ppm wit fAnoNs Fon Tiff,: Ex pEssEs or THE STATE (IoVEIINNIENT THAN LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES, FOR THE FISO,AI. YEAR ENDING ON MONDAY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE SEMND TrESDA V OF JANUARY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE TllorsAND NINE HUMMED AND TWO. Be it roorted hy the Seoote House f Thpreseototires of the Stole of Delotrore iii licorrol Assooldy in Section t. That the several amounts named in this Act or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated and authorized to be paid out of the Treasury of this State to the respective public officers, and for the several purposes speci-fied for the current fiscal year ending on Monday immediately preceding the second Tuesday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two; provided, however, that all parts or portions of the several sums appropriated by this Act, which, on said Monday immediately preceding said sec-ond Tuesday of January, A. D. 1902, shall not have been paid out of the Treasury, shall be covered back into the General Fund of the Treasury. The said several sums hereby appropriated are as follows, viz.: For the Governor for salary, two thousand dollars. For postage, stationer). and expenses of Governor's office, five hun-dred dollars. For the Secretary of State for salary, one thousand dollars. For indexing and preparing for publication laws of the s:ssiort of the Legislature, held in the year ,190I, five hundred and fifty dollars. For the Secretary of State to pay the contingent expenses of his office, eight hundred dollars. For the Secretary of State, as compensation for performing OF THE REVENUES OF TIIE STATE. the duties imposed on him by an Act entitled "An Act to raise revenue for the State by taxing certain corporations" five hun-dred dollars. For the Stenographer and Typewriter for the Governor and tiTprrgig Secretary of State for salary, six hundred dollars. for Governor rwd Secretary of state. For the State Librarian for salary, five hundred and fifty dol- Librarian. lars. For current expenses of State Library, one hundred dol-lars. For the purchase of law books for State Library, three hun-dred dollars. For the Janitor of the State House for salary, five hundred Janitor. dollars. For the Chancellor for salary, four thousand and five hun-Chancellor. dred dollars. For the Chancellor for reporting, two hundred dollars. For the Chancellor to pay the contingent expenses of the Court of Chancery, two hundred dollars. For the Chancellor as compensation for one hundred copies of "Nicholson's Delaware Chancery Reports" Volume 1, eight hundred dollars. For the Chief Justice for salary, four thousand and five bun- Chierfostice. tired dollars. For the four Associate Judges salaries, sixteen thousand Associate Judges. dollars. For the Associate Judge resident in Kent County for re-Associate County. For Kent porting, two hundred dollars. the Associate Judge residing in Kent County as corn- rennewurs pensation for one hundred copies of "Pennewill's Delaware Re- ReP°"s* ports" Volume 2, one thousand dollars. For the two Judges under the late Constitution, who were ix-Judg,:s 11 )t reappointed under the recently amended Constitution, three thousand dollars. For the Court Stenographer for salary, one thousand and Court:gen°. live hundred dollars. For transcript for Supreme Court and Assistant Stenographer, three hundred and fifty dollars. graver. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 43 44 State Treas. ure Auditor. Attorney Gen-eral. State Detec-tives. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the State Treasurer and Trustees of the School Fund for salary, one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For the State Treasurer for postage, stationery, clerical assistance and the like to carry out the provisions of Section 22 of Chapter 67 of Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, five hundred dollars. For the Auditor of Accounts for salary, one thousand and two hundred dollars. For the Auditor of Accounts for postage, stationery, ac-count books, blank and school reports, three hundred and fifty dollars. For the Attorney General for salary, two thousand dollars. Deputy Attor- For the Attorney General to pay salary of the Deputy At-torney General, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Contingent eX- For contingent expenses for the Attorney General, for pay- penses of At-torney General ing expenses in criminal prosecutions, one thousand dollars. Insurance For the Insurance Commissioner for the necessary expenses Commissioner. of his office, such as postage, stationery, etc., one hundred and fifty dollars. For the two State Detectives for salaries, two thousand and four hundred dollars. . For actual expenses in serving requisition papers, three hundred dollars. Vital C01711/1 it3- For the Fish Commissioner for salary and all necessary sioner. expenses incurred in discharge of his official duties, five hundred dollars. For contingent expenses for the Fish Commissioner to pay postage, stationery, traveling expenses, etc., one hundred and twenty-five dollars. Superintend. For the three County Superintendents of Free Schools for c""( sth'ils' salaries, three thousand dollars. (water Reren- For the Oyster Revenue Collector for salary, seven hundred Ile Collector. dI illars. Teachers' In- For the expenses of holding the White Teachers' Institutes stitute, white. in the several counties of the State, four hundred and fifty dol-lars. illd lcal 22 red ind RC-fty rs. ty- ;CS id ee -y Ly For the purpose of reimbursing the owners of diseased Seat-tle. killed under the provisions of Section 2 of the Act, entitled "An Act to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious pleuro-pneumonia among the cattle of this State" and for all other expenses under said Act, two hundred dollars. Owners of diseased cattle killed. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 45 OF TIIE REVENVES OF TDB STATE. For the expenses of holding Colored Teachers' Institute, one 'teachers' In st it ate. colored hundred and fifty dollars. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Guard. National Ain entitled "An Act to provide for the maintenance, discipline and i egulation of the National Guard of Delaware" passed at Dover, May 7, 1897, including the salary of the Adjutant Gen-eral, five thousand dollars. I' or the Town of Dover to pay for water furnished for the sianu.e.rfigruse. use of the State House, one hundred dollars. For the Farmers' Institute for the purpose of defraying inci-E"stirg cleival expenses of holding the same, six hundred dollars. For the State Board of Agriculture, twelve hundred dollars.LartVITtnur;e1 f For the Delaware Industrial School for Girls, one thou- Industrial Schooi for girls sand five hundred dollars. For St. Michael's Day Nursery and Hospital for Babes.Nsv,elireyh.ncl's five hundred dollars. For the Peninsular Horticultural Society, three hundred l'eninsulnr liorticu turn/ dollars. Society. For the State Board of Health, two thousand dollars. Board of Health. For the Trustees of Delaware College for the use of said Delaware college, being its share of appropriations made by the General c°11ege' Government for the year t9ot, twenty thousand dollars. For the Trustees of the State College for Colored Students College for for the use of said college, being its share of appropriations made cln'°Itis°.red Stud-by the General Government for the year 1901, five thousand dollars. For the burial of indigent soldiers, sailors and marines, Is'oulhigieerT, &C. seven hundred and fifty dollars. For the Historical Society of Delaware for the use there-defy. Historical So. of, three hundred dollars. Repa irs. School Fund. !louse of Refuge. Interest On State debt. St rite Boni d of Willi:Mimi and County kchool C0/11111ilihi011 For the education and training of juvenile delinquents com-mitted from this State to the House of Refuge in the City of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for the education and train-ing of juvenile delinquents" passed at Dover, March 9, 1883, thrce hundred dollars. For the purpose of paying interest on the indebtedness of the State, thirty-four thousand dollars. For the purpose of paying the expenses of the State Board of Education and also the expenses of the County School Com- 46 LAWS OF DELAWARE. a OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For infectious .For the purpose of defraying the expenses involved in carry-among lower animals. 11-1c out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act for the era,:i-cation of infectious and contagious diseases among the lower animals" and of the amendments thereof, one thousand dollars. For insurance against fire on property belonging to the State, two hundred dollars. For repairs on property belonging to the State, one hun-dred and fifty dollars. Printing. For printing Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly and for all other printing clone for the use and benefit of the State, ten thousand dollars. For the maintenance and instruction of the indigent deaf and dumb, and indigent blind, and indigent idiotic children, in institutions outside of the State, seven thousand dollars. For the purchase of books, maps or other appliances for the use of the blind, one hundred dollars. President of For the president of the Board of Trustees of the State the Board of Trustees of Hospital at Farnhurst, for visiting the institutions outside of this State Hospital to visit outside State in which are being instructed at the expense of the State, institutions. . indigent deaf and dumb, indigent blind and indigent idiotic chil- Report to dren, and for making report to the Governor concerning the Governor. same, one hundred dollars. For the benefit of the Free Public Schools, and in addition to the income arising from investments of the Public School Fund to be used exclusively for the payment of teachers' sala-ries and for furnishing Free Text Books, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Deaf, Dumb, Mimi and idiotic. Books, Vc., for iii iiit OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. missions under the Act entitled "An Act providing for the es-tablishment of a General System of Free Public Schools" passed at the adjourned Session of the Legislature held in the year 1898, one thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars. For the Chairman of the Committee on Traveling Libraries Chnirtorko of Ci.ornztntge on of the State Federation of Women's Clubs for Delaware. the aIl sum of one hundred dollars for the purpose of establishing a tray- Libraries. cling library. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Free Public Act entitled An Act providing for the establishment and main- Libraries. tenance of Free Public Libraries" passed in igot, five hundred dollars. For the salary of the Bacteriologist and all expenses of the For hacterio-logical Labora- Patho!ogical and Bacteriological Laboratory at Delaware Col- to lege, twenty-five hundred dollars. For the Delaware Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Delaware So- Children, for purpose of enforcing laws, etc., nine hundred dol- ecof?+ri I. Cruelty to Children. For Lieutenant Governor for services as member of Board Lieutenant Governor. of Pardons, one hundred dollars. For Secretary of State for paying cost of official bond, one secretary or hundred dollars. bSotantde., official For the State Treasurer to carry out the provisions of an State Treas. Act entitled "An Act providing graded school facilities for the"' children of this State" approved at Dover, March 9, 1899, four thousand and five hundred dollars. For the State Treasurer for paying cost of his official bond, State Treas-three hundred dollars. buorenrd,. official For the Clerk of the Senate for preparing, indexing and Clerk of the superintending the printing of his Journal, five hundred and Senate. fifty dollars. For the Clerk of the House of Representatives for prepar- Clerk of the ing, indexing and superintending the printing of his Journal, house five hundred and fifty dollars. Approrol Mardi 9, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 47 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 24. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN Ant' MAKING A in'uoratAnoss FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE STATE ov ERNM ENT mu ER THAN LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING ON MONDAY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE sECoND TUESDAY OF JANUARY, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THREE. Ile it (moiled the Semite ma limse Of Reprexentitti re$ Sfitte of Debt mil re in emeriti :Ixsembly met Section 1. That the several amounts named in this Act, -ot se, much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated and authorized to be paid out of the Treasury of this State to the respective public officers and for the several purposes speci-fied for the current fiscal year ending on Monday immediately preceding the second Tuesday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three; provided, however, that all parts or portions of the several sums appropriated by this Act which, on said Monday immediately preceding said second Tues-day of January, A. D. 1903, shall not have been paid out of the Treasury shall be covered back into the General Fund of the Treasury. The said several sums hereby appropriated are as follows, viz.: For the Governor for salary, two thousand dollars. For P )stage, stationery and expenses of Governor's office, five hun-dred dollars. Secretary of For the Secretary of State for salary, one thousand dollars. For the Secretary of State, t pay the contingent expenses of his office, eight hundred dollars. For the Secretary of State as compensation for performing the duties imposed on him by the provisions of an Act entitled -.1n Act to raise revenue for the State by taxing certain cor-porations" enacted hy the General Assembly of A. D. 1899, the stunif live hundred dollars. Appropria-tions for year Igor. Unexpended moneys cover-ed into treas-ury Governm. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF Tilt: nEvF.Nm;:s OF IDE STATE. For the Secretary of State for paying cost of official bond, one hundred dollars. For Stenographer and Typewriter for the Governor Secretary of State for salary, six hundred dollars. 49 , Stenographer ann and Typewiter for Govertwn and Secretary or State. For the State Librarian for salary, five hundred and fifty Librarian. dollars. For current expenses of State Library, one hundred and fifty dollars. For the purchase of law books for State Library, three hun-dred dollars. For the janitor of the State House for salary, five hundred Janitor. dollars. For the Chancellor for salary, four thousand and five hun- chancellor. dred dollars. For the Chancellor for reporting, two hundred dollars. For the Chancellor to pay the contingent expenses of the Court of Chancery, two hundred dollars. For the Chief Justice for salary, four thousand and five hun- Chief Justice. dred dollars. For the four Associate Judges for salaries, sixteen thousand Associate Judges. dollars. For the Associate Judge resident in Kent County for re- Associate Judge for Kent porting, two hundred dollars. County. For the Associate Judge resident in Kent County for one pennewnrs hundred copies of "Pennewill's D Report.elaware Reports" Volume 3. one thousand dollars. For the two .fudges under the late Constitution, who were Ex-indges Hi it reappointed under the recently amended _Constitution, fifteen hundred dollars. For the Court Stenographer for salary, one thousand and court steno. grapher. five hundred dollars. For transcript for Supreme Court and Assistant Steno-grapher, three hundred and fifty dollars. LAWS OF DELA WA RE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the State Treasurer and Trustee of the School Fund for salary, one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For the State Treasurer for postage, stationery, clerical as-sistance and the like, to carry out the provisions of Section 22, Chapter 67, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, five hundred dollars. For the Auditor of Accounts for salary, one thousand and two hundred dollars. For the Auditor of Accounts for postage, stationery, blanks and school reports. three hundred dollars. Attorney Gen- For the Attorney General for salary, two thousand dollars. eral. Deputy Allot- For the Attorney General to pay salary of the Deputy At-ney General. torney General, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Contingentt-ex For contingent expenses for the Attorney General for paying peuses ot A torney General expenses in criminal prosecutions, one thousand dollars. Insurance For the Insurance Commissioner for the necessary expenses Commissioner. of his office, such as postage, stationery, etc., one hundred and fifty dollars. For the two State Detectives for salaries, two thousand and four hundred dollars. Stale Detec-tives. Fish Cumuli..- .dotter. For actual expenses in serving requisition papers, three hun-dred dollars. For the Fish Commissioner for salary and all necessary ex-penses incurred in the discharge of his official duties, five hun-dred dollars. 11 For the contingent expenses of Fish Commissioner to pay postage and stationery, traveling expenses, etc., one hundred and twenty-five dollars. ttyNtei ievenue For the Oyster Revenue Collector for salary, seven hundred collector. dollars. 1) Superintend- For the three County Superintendents of Free Schools for ow of schools. salaries, three thousand dollars. II-Teacher:: it, For the expenses of holding the White Teachers' Institute .1itute, white. i n the several counties of the State, four hundred and fifty dol-lars. 50 Stale Ti 'tree. OF' THE REVENUES 01."111E STATE. For the expenses of holding Colored Teachers' Institute, Teachers In-stitute, colored one hundred and fifty dollars. For Registrars and Associate Registrars for compensation 0 ers istration for their services, eleven thousand dollars. For the Department of Elections for the City of Wilming-Meetions. Department of ton, four thousand and three hundred dollars. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the National Act entitled "An Act to provide for the maintenance, discipline Guard. and regulation of the National Guard of Delaware" passed at Dover, May 7, 1897, including the salary of the Adjutant Gen-eral, five thousand dollars. For the town of Dover to pay for water furnished for the water for State House. use of the State House, one hundred dollars. For the Farmers' Institute for the purpose of defraying inci-t IFmrttineue.rts' dental expenses of holding the same, six hundred dollars. For the State Board of Agriculture, twelve hundred dollars.oattdrue or .f Agri- For the Delaware Industrial School for Girls, twenty-five Industrial hundred dollars. School for girls For St. Michael's Day Nursery and Hospital for Babes, five St. Michael's Nursery. hundred dollars. For the Peninsular Horticultural Society, three hundred Peninsular Horticultural dollars. Society. For the State Board of Health, two thousand dollars. Board of Health. For the Trustees of Delaware College for the use of said lielaware college, being its share of appropriation made by the General ege. Government for the year t9o2, twenty thousand dollars. For the Trustees of the State Colleg,e for Colored Students College frd. for the use of said college, being its share of appropriations made ruts. hy the General Government for the year 1902, five thousand dol-lars. For the burial of indigent soldiers, sailors or marines, seven Indigent Solthers, hundred and fifty dollars. For the Historical Society of Delaware for the use thereof, Historical three hundred dollars. Society. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 51 52 (IF DEELLAAWAARREE.. E HEN' ENIES OF Ti! E STATE. For owners of For the purpose of reimbursing the owners of diseased cattle diseased et.ttle . killed under the provisions of Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious pleuro-pneumonia among the cattle of this State" and for all other ex-penses under said Act, two hundred dollars. For infectious For the purpose of defraying the expenses involved in carry-fliNensex among lower animals. ing out the provisions of the Act entitled An Act for the eradi-cation of infectious and contagious diseases among the lower animals" and of the amendments thereof, one thousand dollars. For insurance against fire on property belonging to the State, two hundred dollars. For repairs on property belonging to the State, one hundred and fifty dollars. I'ri,iti.ig, For printing done for the use and benefit of the State, in - eluding die hooks and papers to he furnished to the Registration officers, ten thousand dollars. For the maintenance and instruction of the indigent deaf and dumb, and indigent blind, and indigent idiotic children, in institutions outside of the State, seven thousand dollars. Hooks, &c. at For the imrchase of books, maps and other appliances for Wind, the use of the blind, one hundred dollars. Vresident of For the President of the Board of Trustees of the State Itoard of This-tees orsinte Hospital at Farnhurst for visiting the institutions outside of the Itospital to islt outside . ..tate in which are being instructed, at the expense of the State, institot ions. indigent (leaf and dumb, indigent blind and indigent idiotic chil- Kepurt to 0. (ire!), and for making report to t he Governor concerning the same, one hundred dollars. sich..I fond. For the benefit of the Free Public Schools and in addition to the income arising from the investments of the Public School Fund, to be used exclusively for the payment of teachers' sala-ries and for furnishing free text books, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. For the education and training of juvenile delinquents com-mitted from this State to the House of Refuge in the City of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the education and train-ing of juvenile delinquents" passed at Dover, March 9, 1883, three hundred dollars. Repairs. Deaf, Dumb, Blind and Idiot ie. !louse of Refuge. Vii OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the purpose of paying interest on the indebtedness of IStu e debt. nte tre(slt oil the State, thirty-four thousand dollars. For the purpose of paying the expenses of the State Board ,txutcen Man al oft of Education and also the expenses of the County School Coin- coonunntlyksgonol missions under the Act entitled "An Act providing for the estab-c lishment of a General System of Free Public Schools" passed at the adjourned session of the Legislature held in the year 1S98, one thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars. For the State Treasurer to carry out the provisions of anSTurtretrrtee as. Act entitled "An Act providing graded school facilities for the children of this State" approved at Dover, March 9, 1899, four thousand and five hundred dollars. For the Chairman of the Committee on Traveling Libraries ChaiMrmaann or of the State Federation of W oman's Clubs for Delaware, the igiTAiir sum of one hundred dollars for the purpose of establishing a rail". traveling library. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Free public Act entitled "An Act providing for the establishment and main- libraries. tenance of Free Public Libraries" passed in 1901, five hundred dollars. For the salary of the Bacteriologist and all expenses of the For lineterio-Pathological and Bacteriological Laboratory at Delaware Col- ltoorgyic. al Labora-lege, twenty-five hundred dollars. For the Delaware Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Delaware so- Children, for the purpose of enforcing laws, etc., nine hundred Flolra ere,- 17e Tr (Mars. to children. For the Lieutenant-Governor for services as member of Lieutenant lioard of Pardons, one hundred dollars. Governor. For the State Treasurer for paying cost of his official bond, Slide Treas. three hundred dollars. lbiotenrd. . official Appowed March, 9, A. D. 1901. 53 Publishing Publishing Publishing Publishing Publishing Publishing Publishing Publishing Publishing Co.... Co.... Co.... Co.... Co.... Co.... Co.... Co.... Co.... 54 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF TRE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 25. OF TILE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN At"I' A PPROPRIATINO CERTAIN MONEY OUT OF THE STATE TREAS-URY TO PAY SUNDRY CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE. lie it 'enacted by the Senate and House qf Ryrowntativex (y. the State Delaware in General. Axswahly met: mundryelnims. Section 1. That the several sums of money hereinafter named are hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of the State for the purpose of paying the claims hereinafter mentioned, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the .same, that is to say: The Republican Printing and The Republican Printing and The Republican Printing and The Republican Printing and The Republican Printing and The Republican Printing and The Republican Printing and The Republican Printing and The Republican Printing and Star Publishing Co. James W. Robertson Frank Reedy John B. Wharton James C. Tomlinson Alonzo Scotten James W. Wise School Commissioners of the Selbyville Public School 206.71 William Virdin 24.00 Robert S. Stuart 28.75 News Publishing Co. 9.0o News Publishing Co. News Publishing Co. 2.40 2.80 1.80 13.80 1.50 4.90 4.90 23.80 9.00 9.35 47.50 6.00 24.66 26.00 13.00 26.00 14.50 11.00 LA WS or DELA WA It N. OF THE It EV EN IT ES OF THE STATE. 55 News Publishing Co. 6.50 News Publishing Co. 6.30 News Publishing Co. 3.50 News Publishing Co. 6.5o News Publishing Co. 9.00 Milford Times 9.50 Milford Times 12.00 Milford Times Io.00 Milford Times 12.00 Milford Times 13.00 John H. Wiley 95.48 Sussex Journal 13.60 Sussex Journal 141.80 Sussex Journal 5.00 Sussex Journal 9.00 J. A. Hartnett & Bro. 29.17 J. S. Godwin 14.25 William Uhlig 9.85 Dover Index 242.25 Delaware Pilot 12.20 J. A. Clifton 36.80 J. A. Clifton 5.84 Wm. L. Pritchett 9.00 Delaware Democrat Publishing Co 11.8o Delaware Democrat Publishing Co 7.60 Delaware Democrat Publishing Co 18.90 Roman Tammany 20.00 Star Publishing Co. 115.75 C. C. Tindal 72.50 County Treasurer of Kent Co. 72.00 Diamond State Telephone Co 55.33 J. A. Clifton r85.o5 T. K. Jones & Bro. 69.00 F. S. Herrington 39.00 The Delawarean 4.30 The Delawarean 12.00 The Delawarean '1.35 The Delawarean 1.50 The Delawarean 69.45 The Delawarean 17.60 W. T. Smith 92.00 Theodore Townsend 32.75 56 LAWS OF DELAWl1111 OF 'rum REVENUES OF THE STATE. Theodore Townsend 3.80 Theodore Townsend 87.40 Theodore Townsend 11.70 D. H. Frazier 70.04 Clarke 8z McDaniel 1 2. 2 5 Dover Index 76.80 Dover Index .6o Dover Index Dover Index 1.00 Star Publishing Co. 202.50 Emma Hutson, Executrix 12.00 Emma Hutson, Executrix 8.00 B. J. McVey 50.40 B. J. McVey 33.67 B. J. McVey 43.10 B. J. McVey 52.21 B. J. McVey 27.65 B. J. McVey 103.58 B. J. McVey 45.50 L. C. Scott 14.00 W. A. Reynolds 30.00 George C. Whiteman 49.00 The Electric Press 3.35 W. J. Massey 5.00 Harry B. Grieves 6.50 Journal Printing Co. 80.05 The Union Republican Publishing Co 291.00 The State Sentinel Printing Co 51.00 James Kirk & Son 232.09 Dover Machine Works 60.61 Dover Gas Light Co. 186.76 The Sentinel Printing Co. .70 The Sentinel Printing Co. 5.00 The Sentinel Printing Co. i.ro The Sentinel Printing Co. 15.90 The Sentinel Printing Co. 233.50 Richard B. Cooper 140m Thomas W. Jefferson 200.00 J. E. Carroll ro.00 Theo. Townsend 343.45 Layton & Layton 38.35 Layton & Layton 18.20 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 26. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. As ACT APPROPRIATING CERTAIN MONEY OUT OF THE STATE TREAS-URY OF THIS STATE TO PAY THE CLAIM OF CLARKE AND MCDANIEL FOR STATIONERY AND SUPPLIES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives y the State qf Delaware in General Assembly met Section 1. That the sum of one thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars and ten cents ($1416.10) is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of this State for the purpose of paying the claim of Clarke and McDaniel for stationery and supplies, and the crke State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay 0041'1' same. Approved February 9, A. I). 1901. Layton & Layton 38.05 Frank P. Ewing 75.00 T. K. Jones & Bro. 6.8o Smyrna Times 386.15 Sussex Republican 21.35 Daniel Short 12.00 Dr. T. A. Neal 12.00 John Heyd 12.00 J. T. Shallcross 12.06 Francis J. McNulty 35.00 Slaughter & Bice 733.86 John P. Donohoe 137.20 Lewis Dickey 122.50 Approved March 9, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 57 58 Safer. for Sen-ate find House. LAWS OP DELAWARE. or"rtiE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 27. 01' THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. As Act' A PPROPRIATING Two HUNDREDDOLLARS To HERRING HALL-MARVIN SAFE COMPANY FOR Two SAFES RECENTLY PURCHASED FOR TuE SENATE AND HousE. lie it enacted by the Senate and House qI Repreeentatim of the State of Delaware in General Amembly met Section t. That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company two hundred dollars for the two safes recently pur-chased by the State for the Senate and House. That the said sum is hereby appropriated out of any moneys now remaining in the Treasury of the State of Delaware for the payment of said amount. Approved March 14, A. D. 1901: OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 28. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO THE MERCANTILE PRINTING COMPANY FOR PRINTING ONE THOUSANDCOPIES.Ok"l'HE CORPORATION LAWS FOR THE SECRETARY OF S TATE. Ile it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met Section i. That the sum of one hundred dollars be and the:terctit.st Ile, same is hereby appropriated to the Mercantile Printing Corn- pl arTiitytting trotn-pany for printing one thousand copies of the Corporation Laws for the Secretary of State. And the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay said appropriation out of any moneys in the Treasury to the credit of the General Fund not otherwise, ap-propriated. Approved March 9, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 59 6o The Dover I mle OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 29. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE DOLLARS AND FIFTEEN CENTS TO THE DOVER INDEX FOR PRINTING LICEN-sEs, CORPORATION BLANKS, &C., FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE. Be it enacted hg the Senate and House,qf Representatives qf the State of Iklaware in General Assembly met : LAWS OF DELAWARE. Section i. That the sum of five hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifteen cents be and the same is hereby appropriated to The Dover index for printing licenses, corporation blanks, etc., for the Secretary of State. And the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay said appropriation out of any moneys in the Treasury to the credit of the General Fund not otherwise ap-propriated. Approred ilarrh .9, A. D. 1.901. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 30. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ALT APPROPRIATING SIX HUNDRED AND ONE DOLLARS AND SIXTY-ONE CENTS TO JAMES H. HUGHES, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, TO REIMBURSE HIM FOR MOMEY EXPENDED BY HIM FOR CONTIN-GENT EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE AND TO PAY HIM FOR RECORDING REPORT, FIELD NOTES, &C., RELATING TO THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND THE COM-MONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. Be it enacted by the Senate and 110118C of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met Section i. That the sum of six hundred and one dollars and uungives, i.e.. sixty-one cents be and the same is hereby appropriated to James Secretary of H. Hughes, three hundred and forty-one dollars and sixty-oneState. cents thereof to reimburse him for money expended by him for contingent expenses of the office of Secretary of State and two hundred and sixty dollars to pay. him for recording report, field notes, etc., relating to the boundary between the State of Dela-ware and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. And the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the amount so appropriated out of any moneys in the General Fund not otherwise appropriated. Approved March 9, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 6r 62 LAWS OV DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTEll 31. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE, AN ACT APPROPRIATING NINETY-NINE DOLLARS TO EDWARD FOWLER, THE LATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER. lk it enacted by the Se»ate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met Edward Fuw- Section 1. That ninety-nine dollars be and the same is here- ler, late Insur-ance Commis- by appropriated to Edward Fowler, late Insurance Commis- 410tter. sioner, for payment of balance of salary which the revenues col-lected by him were insufficient to pay, as shown by settlement with Auditor of Accounts. And the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay the said sum so appropriated out of any moneys in General Fund not otherwise appropriated. Approved February 25, A. D . 1901. 01, THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 32. 01."CHE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT APPROPRIATING SKVENTY-NINE DOLLARS AND TWENTY-SIX CENTS TO PAY ANDREW J. HORSEY, COLUMBUS WATKINS AND JOHN S. HERRINGTON, COMMISSIONERS, UNDER CHAPTER 513, VOLUME 20, LAWS OF DELAWARE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf Repeesentativor qf the Stole qf Delaware in General Amembly met Section t. That the sum of seventy-nine dollars and twenty- Andrew). ilor-six cents be and the same is hereby appropriated to be paid to svVYaiasuinZlis Andrew J. Horsey, Columbus Watkins and John S. HHeerrrriinngg.-J ..F Hr ton, Commissioners under Chapter 515, Volume 20, Laws ofmissioners. Delaware, to be paid as follows: To Andrew J. Horsey, twenty-nine dollars and ninety-four cents. To Columbus Watkins, twenty-four dollars and ninety-six cents. To John S. Herrington, twenty-four dollars and thirty-six cents. And the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay said amounts to the persons named out of any moneys in the Treasury to the credit of the General Fund not otherwise appropriated. Approved Morel, 14, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 63 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 33. OF THE It E VENUES OF 'THE STATE. As Arr APPROPRIATING MONEY TO PAY THOMAS NV. JEFFERSON, THE STATE LIBRARIAN, FOlt MAKING A CATALOGUE OF THE STATE LIBRA It Y. Ile it enacted by the Senate and Hon.ge qt. Repreeentaticee of the State of' Delaware in General Amembly met 'Mown!, w. Section 1. That the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars Jefferson, State Librarisn. be and the same is hereby appropriated to Thomas W. Jefferson, State Librarian, in payment for his services in making a new catalogue of the State Library. And the State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay the said sum so appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund and not otherwise appropriated. Approved March 14, A. D. 1901. 64 LAWS OF DELAWARE. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 65 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 34. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MONEY TO COVER CERTAIN PAYMENTS OF STATE MONEY BY THE STATE TREASURER. Be it enacted by tlw Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of two hundred and eight dollars s. rt eart ef Tr e - and forty-one cents be and the same is hereby appropriated to pienses of elec. the State Treasurer to cover payments of public money made' mh by him in the year i9ox to the Department of Elections of the City of Wilmington and the Presidential Electors, which were not provided for in the General Appropriation Law. Approved March 9, A. D. 1901. 66 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 35. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE STATE TREASURER TO PAY TO ISAAC N. FOOKS THE SUM OF FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR PREPARING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF JOHN A. LINGO, LATE AUDITOR OF AN-COUNTS, DECEASED, FOR THE YEAR 1899, AND FOR THE SUPER-INTENDING THE PUBLICATION THEREOF. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met : Isaac N. rooksL Section 1. That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby late Auditor of Accounts. authorized and directed to pay to Isaac N. Fooks the sum of four hundred dollars for preparing the annual report of John A. Lingo, late Auditor of Accounts, deceased, for the year 1899, and for superintending the publication thereof. And the said sum of four hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appro-priated out of any money in the Treasury for that purpose. Approved March 9, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 36. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT APPROPRIATING SIX HUNDRED DOLLRS TO DEFRAY THE Ex- PENSES OF INAUGURATING THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENTANT GOVERNOR-ELECT. Be it enacted by the Senate and Howe of Repre8entatives of the State of Delaware in General Adsembly met, three-foztrths of all the inember8 elected to each Howe concurring herein : Section x. That the sum of six hundred dollars or so much Inauguration thereof as is necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated of Governor. out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of inaugurating the Governor and Lieu-tenant- Governor elect. And the State Treasurer is hereby di-rected to pay the same to the Chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on said Inauguration, said Chairman to present and file with the State Treasurer proper vouchers for the expen-diture of the same. Approved January 15, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 67 OF THE REVENUES OF.TFIE STATE. CHAPTER 37. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE MONEY TO PAY THE EXPENSES OF ATTEND-ING THE CEREMONIES OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE PRESIDENT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met : Inauguration Section 1. That the sum of twenty-seven hundred dollars of President of the U. S. be and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of the Governor and his Staff, other State officers, the members and officers of the Legislature and the militia in attending the ceremonies of the inauguration of the President on the fourth of March. Section 2. That said money or so much thereof as is neces-sary so appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer to the Committee of the General Assembly on Arrangements to attend said inaugural ceremonies upon their order. Approved February 27, A. D. 1901. 68 LAWS OF DELAWARE. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 69 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 38. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACI"FO GRANT STATE Am TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DELAWARE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DE-FRAYING THE ANNUAL EXPENSES OF THE SEVERAL GRAND ARMY POSTS IN TIIE STATE OF DELAWARE, FOR TILE EXPENSES INCURRED BY SAID POSTS ANNUALLY IN THE PROPER OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY. II:NAL...LING -CLAUSE Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of one thousand dollars shall an-nually hereafter be paid over by the State Treasurer of the State of Delaware, out of the money that shall be in his hands, which belongs to said State, to the regular elected Commander of the Grand "Grand Army of the Republic" of the State of Delaware for the Republic. Y purpose of defraying the expenses incurred by the several Grand Army Posts in said State, in the proper observance of Memorial Day in the State of Delaware. And that the said Treasurer shall annually pay over the said SUM of one thousand dollars to .:iirterirtetoTrerio such person who is, at that time, the duly elected Commander of oinn,9riVer the State Department of the Grand Army of the Republic, ofl iereot. the Department of the State of Delaware, on or before the first day of May in every year, from and after the passage of this Act; and the said Department Commander shall, when he cloth annually receive from the said State Treasurer said sum of one thousand dollars, give to said State Treasurer a receipt for the ire receipted same. Section 2. Said Department Commander shall, at the time he receives from said State Treasurer, annually, said sum of one thousand dollars, enter into bond to the State of Delaware, be- TO give bond. fore said State Treasurer, with surety, to be approved by said State Treasurer, in the sum of two thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties under this Act, as the Depart-ment Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of the De- 70 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. partment of Delaware, binding himself and his surety for the just and faithful appliance of all moneys coming into the hands Celebration of of said Department Commander, under and by this Act, in a Memorial Day. just and equitable manner, to the best of his Skill and judgment, amongst and between all of the Grand Army Posts in the State of Delaware for the purpose of aiding all of such Posts in said State to properly celebrate Memorial Day annually therein. Section 3. The Department Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of the Department of the State of Dela-ware shall, previous to the expiration of his term of office as such To submit Commander, submit a written report to the Council of Admin- written report. istration of the State Department of the Grand Army of the Republic of the State of Delaware, setting forth therein how he has applied all the money he has under this Act received from the State Treasurer, the several amounts he has paid over to Vouchers from. each Grand Army Post in said State, and proper vouchers from each Post Commander in this State, showing what portion of said sum of one thousand dollars was received by each of Posts from the Department Commander for the proper observance of Memorial Day during his term of office as such Department Commander. Section 4. This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a pub-lic Act. Approved March 8, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 39. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES IN-CURRED IN THE BURIAL OF CERTAIN INDIGENT SOLDIERS, SAILORS OR MARINES, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (three-fourths of all the mem-bers elected to each Home concurring herein) : Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated out of any Appropi nation moneys in the General Fund not otherwise appropriated, the sum 9 chgrebnu. snoiferns of six hundred and twenty-five dollars, or so much thereof as may d`C. be necessary, to the Department Commander of Delaware, Grand Army of the Republic, for the purpose of paying the funeral expenses of twenty-five indigent soldiers, sailors and ma-rines, the annual State appropriation therefor having been ex-hausted. Approved March 8, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 71 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 4o. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN AT A PPROPRIATING ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND HoLI,ARs TO "THE STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DELA-WARE STATE HOSPITAL AT FARNHURST." Whereas, During the past year sundry debts, amounting to about the sum of seventeen thousand dollars, were created by "The State Board of Trustees of the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst" for necessary expenses in the wages of employes re-quired at the State Hospital at Farnhurst, and in the clothing and maintenance of the inmates of said Hospital for the year nineteen hundred; for the payment of which said bills there arc) no funds in the hands of the said State Board of Trustees. And Whereas, It is necessary to provide for said deficiency, as well as to make appropriation to meet the current expenses for the years nineteen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and two. theofiwr. Be it enneted by the Senate and Homy ot Reprexenta-tif l) the Stnte of Delownre in lienern1 Amembly met Amount Hp- Section t. That the sum of seventeen thousand dollars proprinted for expenses of be and the same is hereby appropriated and -authorized to be paid Delownre State I lospital to OJAI of the Treasury of this State immediately upon the adoption ccyo.v er deficien- of this Act, to "The State Board of Trustees of the Delaware State Hospital at Farnlmrst" to pay bills incurred by the said State Board of Trustees for necessary expenses during the year TI ineteen hundred. Section 2. That the further and additional sum of fifty-three thousand and five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby ap- Apiropt 1,101, propriated and authorized to be paid out of the Treasury of this for State, to "The State Board of Trustees of the Delaware State I ospital at Farnhurst" for the use and support of "The Delaware Sate Hospital at Farnhurst" during the fiscal year ending on the seo-md Tuesday in January, in tile year nineteen hundred and _ two. 72 LAWS OF DELAWARE. LAWS OF DELAWARE, 73 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. Section 3. That the further and additional sum of fifty-three Appropriation thousand and five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby ap- ori902.. propriated and authorized to be paid out of the Treasury of this State to "The State Board of Trustees of the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst" for the use and support of "the Dela-ware State Hospital at Farnhurst" during the fiscal year ending on the second Tuesday in the month of January in the year nine-teen hundred and three. Appror(d funitury 29, A. I). 190 I. CHAPTER 41. ni III I: REvEstEs sT,CrE. AN ACT AITROPRIATING F11,1'1'41\1.: HIT:NUKED DoLLARs ($5,500) To VAN' 'rm.: oVERDUE AND UNPAID AccoUNTs or AND FUR THE MAINTENANcE AND INSTRUCTION or DEAF. DUMB, BLIND AND 11)1) )'II(' IN I ssTrrrrioss orrsiDE 'HIE STATE. Whereas, By the Acts providing for appropriations for eX-penseS of the State Government for the fiscal years ending in 1900 and 1901, but twenty-eight hundred dollars (Woo) was aP-propriated for each year for the maintenance. and instruction of the indigent deaf, dumb, blind and idiotic children in institutions outside of the State; and Whereas, There have been, during such years and now are, twenty-nine pupils from this State in such institutions, at an ex-pense of about sixty-seven hundred dollars ($67oo) per annum; and Whereas, There are in consequence of such insufficient ap-propriation overdue and unpaid bills for the maintenance and instruction of such children in such institutions about fifty-three hundred and forty-five dollars ($3345) which, with the interest 1 74 LAWS OF DELAWARE. 01, rruiE REVENUES OF THE STATE. thereon, now amounts to about fifty-five hundred dollars ($55oo); AN.(av there/ore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rexesentatives qj the State ql DrIaleare in lleneral Assembly met, (three-fintrths qf all the members of both Houses amearring therein): Appropriation Section t. That the sum of fifty-five hundred &Mars ($55oo), to cover defi-ciency of deaf, or so much thereof as is necessary, be and the same is hereby ap- dumb, blind and idiotic. propriated and authorized to be paid out of the Treasury of this State for the purpose of paying and discharging the overdue and unpaid accounts of institutions outside of this State for the in-struction of deaf, dumb, blind and idiotic children of this State in such institutions. And the State Treasurer is hereby author-ized to pay the same to the institutions so entitled upon the war-rant of the Governor therefor. ilpprorol Mom!, 9, A. 1), 1901. CHAPTER 42. 01."filE REVENUES op"rliE sTATE. AN ACI' A PPROPRIATI Nti MONEY TO THE DELAWARE SOCIETY FOR TI! E PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. lk it rootlet, by the Senate and MIMI(' of Representatives of the Slate Dela HO re in tie loyal Assembly met, (th ree;tim rth of all the mem-bers elected to each Thaw concurring therein); A ',prop! lotion Section t. That the sum of nine hundred dollars ($9o0) be for the preven-tion or cruelty and it is hereby appropriated to The Delaware Society for the to children. Prevention of Cruelty to Children, a corporation of the State of Delaware, each year until otherwise provided by law, and that the State Treasurer be and is hereby authorized and directed to pay annually during the month of March in each year, to the OF 'rill?, REVENUES OF THE STATE. Treasurer of said corporation. the said sum of nine hundred dol-lars ($9oo), the first payment under this Act to be made in the month of March, A. D. 1901; the said sum so appropriated, when paid, to be used in providing effective means for the prevention of cruelty to children throughout the State of Delaware, and for the enforcement of all laws heretofore or hereafter enacted in relation thereto, pursuant to an Act entitled "An Act for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children" passed March 18, A. D. 1879, being Chapter 150, Volume 16, Laws of Delaware, and of the Acts supplementary and amendatory of the same. Approved March 2, l. D. 1901. CHAPTER 43. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN .1("1"r0 APPROPRIATE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE ERE(TION AND REPAIR OF BUILDINGS AT DELAWARE COLLEGE, lle it enacted by the AS'enate and House of Ityresentatives of the State (g. Delaware in Ueneral Asxembly met, (three-fourths the mem-bers elected to each no use concurring therein) Section 1. That for the erection and alteration of necessary Approprintio(l buildings on the grounds of Delaware College, at Newark, fe'oorn le)ge nu. are this State, to enable said College to carry into effect the purposes Purpose of. of Congress in said Acts, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money not otherwise appro-priated, to be paid by the State Treasurer to the Trustees of said College as follows: One-half thereof on the first day of July, A. D. 1901, and the other half on the first day of July, A. D. 1902. Approved Mardi. 9, ii. D. 1001. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 75 76 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF E REV EN 11 ES CIF THE STATE. CHAPTER 44. 'IF 'IIIE REVENUES OE THE STATE. AN A(.1. TO APPROPRIATE SIX. THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TIIE ERECTION AND REPAIR OF BUILDINHS AT THE STATE COLLEHE FOR COLORED STUDENTS. Be it courted hy the Senate awl Ilmme oj Reprelentatioe4 qt. the State. Delaware in Heneral 1-18:minbly met, (three-fourth:r qf all the mem-her: 1 elected to each llomve concurring therein): Appropriation Section 1. That for the erection and alteration of necessary fin state Col-lege for color- buildings on the grounds of flie- State College for Colored Stu-rd StudentN. dents, near Dover, Kent County', in this State, the sum of six l r e thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money not 'opor. of. otherwise appropriated to be paid by the State Treasurer to the Trustees of said College, as follows: One-half thereof on the first day of July, A. D. 1901, and the otht.' half on the first day of July, A. D. 1902. Approrm/ March 9, A. D. 1901. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 77 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 45. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT APPROPRIATINO MONEY TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE UNITED SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF LAUREL TO I'AY FOR PUPILS VII) ATTENDED SAID SCHOOLS FROM OTHER DISTRICTS UNDER 6RADED Se11001, LAV. Whereas, Under the Graded School Law fourteen pupils from districts outside of Laurel attended the Laurel Schools dur-ing the school year 1899-1900; and Whereas, The Principal of the Laurel Schools failed to re-port to the State Board of Education the admission of such pupils as required by law, and the State Treasurer, on account of such failure, did not pay for the attendance of such pupils the amount due therefor, which is the sum of $179.43; now therefore; lk it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre.lent(,tires of the Stole of Delaware in General Assembly met : Section 1. That the sum of one hundred and seventy-nine iAppropriation dollars and forty-three cents be and the same is hereby appro-suchntoutu. priated to the Board of Education of the United School Districts trias of Laurel of Laurel, to pay for the attendance of pupils from outside of the District who attended said schools during the school year 1890- 1900. And the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay said amount out of any moneys in the Treasury to the credit of the General Fund not otherwise appropriated. A wood March 14, i. I). 1001, OF TI! F R E yEN ES OFT E STATE. CHAPTER 46. (IF THE REVENuEs OF TOE STATE. AN ACP To AppRoPRI |
| Date Digital | 2010 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 3024.cpd |
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| Title | Laws of the State of Delaware - Volume 22 - Part 1 - Page 1 |
| Creator2 | Delaware General Assembly |
| Type | Text |
| Full Text | LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE PASSED AT A SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER On Tuesday, January 1, A. D. 1901 AND IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY- FIFTH VOLUME XXII Part I. ROL PRESS OF THE MILFORD CHRONICLE, Muaroso, DIMAWASIL |
| CONTENTdm file name | 6165.pdfpage |
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