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LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE,
PASSED AT A
SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
COMMENCED ANI) HELD AT DOVER,
ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29TH, A. D. 1904
ANI)
IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED
STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY- NINTH.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
VOLUME XXIII- PART I.
1905:
THE DELAWAREAN PRINT,
DOVER, DEL.
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| Title | Laws of the State of Delaware - Volume 23 |
| Date Original | 1905 |
| Description | Laws of the State of Delaware, Passed at a Special Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover, Thursday, December 29th, A. D. 1904. Volume XXIII |
| Creator | Delaware |
| Creator2 | Delaware General Assembly |
| Contributors | The Delawarean Print |
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| Full Text | LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, PASSED AT A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENCED ANI) HELD AT DOVER, ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29TH, A. D. 1904 ANI) IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. VOLUME XXIII-PART I. 1905: THE DELAWAREAN PRINT, DOVER, DEL. LAWS OF DELAWARE. TITLE SECOND. Of the Public Revenue ; and the Assessment, Collection and Appropriation of Taxes: CHAPTER I. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT in Relation to the compensation of Officers of the two Houses of the General Assembly for the Special Session, convened,Tecember 29th, A. D. 1904. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reibresentatives of the Stale of Delaware in General Assembly met Section 1. That the Clerk of the Senate shall receive the Clerk of Senate sum of Fifteen dollars. - The Reading Clerk of the Senate shall receive the sum of Reading Clerk Five dollars. of Senate. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate shall receive the sum sergeatkL-at- 01 Five dollars. Arms of Senate The Chaplain of the Senate shall receive the sum of Five C.haplain dollars. of Senate. The Page of the Senate shall receive the sum of Three dol- Page of Senate Jars. 4 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. LAWS OF DELAWARE« Enrolling The Enrolling Clerk of the Senate shall receive the sum of Clerk of Senate Five dollars. Clerk of House The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall receive. the sum of Fifteen dollars. The Reading Clerk of the House of Representatives shall receive the SUM of Fk.e dollars. Sergeant-at- The Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives Arms of House Reading Clerk of House. shall receive the sum of Five dollars. Chaplain of The Chaplain of the House of Representatives shall receive House. the sum of Five dollars. Page of House The Page of the House of Representatives shall receive-the sum of Three dollars. Euroiling The Enrolling; Clerk of the House of Representatives shalt Clerk of House receive the sum of Five dollars. Approved, January 3.\. D. 1905. LAWS Or DtLAWARE. 5 TITLE SIXTEENTH. Of Civil Actions in General. CHAPTER 2. OF JUDGMENTS. AN ACT to extend the time at which the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act limiting Judgment Liens upon Real Estate in Kent and Sussex Counties, and for other purposes" being Chapter 457 of Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, as to the loss of Judgment Liens shall take effect. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives .of the Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met Section i. That no judgment lien on real estate in Kent Chapter 457, and Sussex Counties shall be lost by the force or operation ofoymicuntLed2.2, the act entitled "An Act limiting judgment liens upon real estate in Kent and Sussex Counties, and for other purposes" being Chapter 457 of Volume 22, of the Laws of Delaware, until the first day of January, A. D. 1906, and the force and Extending effect of said Act is hereby suspended until the said first day trienr: ee f%?ari tol of January, A. D. 1906, for the purpose of extending the time judgments tor the renewal and cpuitinuance of judgments as provided h Jan, I. 1906. Said Act until the said first day of January. A. D. 1906. Approved, December 30, A. D. 1904. 1i Ad ournment sine die. LAWS OF DELAWARE. RESOLUTIONS. CHAPTER 3. Joint Resolution fixing the date for the Adjournment sine die of the Special Session of the General Assembly. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met That both Houses of the Legislature adjourn sine die, on Friday, the thirtieth day of December, A. D. 1904, at six o'clock, P. M. Approved, December 30, A. D. 1904. LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, PASSED AT A SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER, ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 3RD, A. D. 1905 AND IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH. -- PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. VOLUME XXIII-PART II. 1905: THE DRI.AWARRAN PRINT, DOVER., DEL. 1 LAWS OF DELAWARE. TITLE FIRST. Of the Jurisdiction and Property of the State ; its Legis-lation and LE.WS. CI-IAPTER 4. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. AN ACT proposing an Amendment to Section 401. Article V, of the Con-stitution of this State by striking out of said Section all thereof which requires the payment of money as a Qualification to Register. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (two-thirds of all the members elected to each House agreeing therein:) Section 1. That Section 4 of Article V of the Constitution Proposed of this State, be and the same is hereby amended by striking Amendment ectsio:olf4t,hAetti--. out of said Section 4 the following words: "and each voter de shall, at the time of his registration, pay a registration fee creTEnrel(ITeg. of one dollar, for the use of the County where such registra- istration fee. tion is paid." Approved, March 30, A. D. 1903. 112 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. CHAPTER 5. OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. AN ACT to Ratify and Confirm a Compact or Agreement between the States of New Jersey and Delaware respecting the Delaware River and Bay and to authorize the execution thereof. Whereas By joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, approved February 14th 1905, Edward C. Stokes, Governor, Robert H. McCarter, Attorney General, Franklin Murphy and Chauncey G. Parker, were appointed and constituted Commissioners of the State of New Jersey to confer with like Commissioners representing the State of Delaware for the purpose of framing a compact or agreement between the said States and legislation thereon, to be sub-mitted to the legislatures of the said two States for action thereon, looking to the amicable termination of the suit between said two States now pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, and the final adjustment of all contro-versies relating to the boundary line between said States and to their respective rights in the Delaware River and Bay; And Whereas By like joint resolution of the General As-sembly of the State of Delaware approved February 13t11 1905, Preston Lea. Governor, Robert H. Richards, Attorney General. Herbert H. Ward and George H. Bates were ap-pointed to represent the said State as Commissioners to con-fer with the Commissioners of the State of New Jersey, for the purpose before recited: And Whereas The Commissioners of the said two States having duly conferred as directed by said resolutions, have framed and submitted to this General Assembly a proposed compact or agreement between the said States; And Whereas The compact or agreement so framed and submitted is in the words following, that is to say -Compact between the State of New Jersey and the State of Delaware relating to the boundary controversy betiveen said States. compact. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 13 OF SOVERIiIONTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. Whereas A conttoversy bath heretofore existed between Preamble a the States of New Jersey and Delaware, relative to the juris- "m"""L diction of such portion of the Delaware River as is included within the circle of twelve miles radius an arc of which con-stitutes the Northern boundary of the State of Delaware, and it is the mutual desire of said States to so settle and determine such controversy as to prevent future complications arising therefrom; And Whereas There is now pending in the Supreme Court Preamble ofi of the United States, a cause wherein the said State of New compact. Jersey is the complainant and the said State of Delaware is the defendant, in which cause an injunction has been issued against the State of Delaware restraining the execution of certain statutes of the State of Delaware relating to fisheries in said river, which said litigation bath been pending for twenty-seven years and upwards; And Whereas For the purpose of adjusting the differences Preamble oil between the said two States arising out of said conflict of jurisdiction, Edward C. Stokes, Robert H. McCarter, Frank-lin Murphy, and Chauncey G. Parker, have been appointed Commissioners on the part of the State of New Jersey by joint resolution of the Legislature of said State, and Preston Lea, Robert H. Richards, Herbert H. Ward andGeorge H. Bates have been appointed Commissioners on the part of the State of Delaware by joint resolution of the General Assembly of said State, to frame a campact or agreement between the said States and legislation consequent thereon, to be sub-mitted to the Legislatures of said two States for action there-on, looking to the amicable termination of said suit between said States now pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, and the final adjustment of all controversies relating to the boundary line between said States, and to their respec-tive rights in the Delaware River and Bay; Now Therefore, The said State of New Jersey, by its Corn- Article oil missioners above named, and the said State of Delaware, by compact. its Commissioners above named, do hereby make and enter into a compact or agreement between said States as follows Article 1. Criminal process issued under the authority of the State of New Jersey against any person accused of an Article 2 of compact. Atticle 3 of .cotnpact. OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. offence committed upon the soil of said State, or upon the Eastern half of said Delaware River, or committed on board of any vessel being under the exclusive jurisdiction of that State, and also civil process issued under the authority of the State of New Jersey against any person domiciled in that State, or against property taken out of that State to evade the laws thereof, may be served upon any portion of the Delaware River between said States from low-water mark on the New Jersey shore to low-water mark on the Delaware shore, ex-cept upon Reedy and Pea Patch Islands, unless said person or property shall be on board a vessel aground upon or fast-ened to the shore of the State of Delaware, or the shores of said islands, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto, or un-less such person shall be under arrest or such property shall be under seizure by virtue of process or authority of the State of Delaware. Article II. Criminal process issued under the authority of the State of Delaware against any person accused of an of-fence committed upon the soil of said State, or upon the wes-tern half of said Delaware River, or committed on board of any vessel being under the exclusive jurisdiction of that State, and also civil process issued under the authority of the State of Delaware against any person domiciled in that State, or against property taken out of that State to evade the laws thereof, may be served upon any portion of the Delaware River between said States from low-water mark on the Dela-ware shore to /ow-water mark on the New jersey shore, un-less said person or property shall be on board a vessel aground upon or fastened to the shore of the State of New Jersey, or fastened to a wharf adjoining thereto, or unless such person shall be under arrest, or such property shall be under seizure by virtue of process or authority of the State of New Jersey. Article III. The inhabitants of the said States of Dela-ware and New jersey shall have and enjoy a common right of fishery throughout, in and over the waters of said river be-tween low-water marks on each side of said river between the .:,ttid States, except so far as either State may have heretofore granted valid and subsisting private rights of fishery. 14 LAWS OF DELAWARE. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS, Article IV. Immediately upon the execution hereof the AA rticle 4 o_f Legislature of the State of New Jersey shall appoint three compact. Commissioners to confer with three Commissioners to be immediately appointed by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware for the purpose of drafting uniform laws to reg-ulate the catching and taking of fish in the Delaware River and Bay between said two States, which said Commissioners for each State respectively shall, within two years from the date of their appointment, report to the Legislature of each of said States the proposed laws so framed and recommended by said joint Commission. Upon the adoption and passage of said laws so recommended by the respective Legislautres uf said two States said laws shall constitute the sole laws for the regulation of the taking and catching of fish in the said river and bay between said States. Said laws shall remain in force until altered, amended or repealed by concurrent legis-lation of the said two States. Said Commissioners shall also ascertain the dividing line between said river and bay, and upon each of the shores of said two States, where said divid-ing line extended shall intersect the same, shall, at the joint expense of said States, erect a suitable monument to mark the said dividing line. Said dividing line between said monu-ments shall be the division line between the said river and bay for the interpretation of and for all purposes of this compact, and of the concurrent legislation provided for therein. The faith of the said contracting States is hereby pledged to the enactment of said laws so recommended by said Com-missioners, or to such concurrent legislation as may seem ju-dicious and proper in the premises to the respective Legisla-tures thereof. Each State shall have and exercise exclusive jurisdiction within said river to arrest, try and punish its own inhabitants for violation of the concurrent legislation relating to fishery herein provided for. Article V. All laws of said States relating to the regula- Article 501 tion of fisheries in the Delaware River not inconsistent with compact. the right of common fishery hereinabove merjtioned, shall continue in force in said respective States until the enactment of said concurrent legislations as herein provided. 15 Article 6o1 Article VI. Nothing herein contained shall affect the compact. planting, catching or taking of oysters, clams or other shell fish. or interfere with the oyster industry as now or hereafter carried on under the laws of either State. Article 7 of Article VII. Each State may, on its own side of the river, compact, continue to exercise riparian jurisdiction of every kind and nature, and to make grants, leases and conveyances of ripar-ian lands and rights under the laws of the respective States. Article VIII. Nothing herein contained shall affect the territorial limits, rights or jurisdiction of either State of, in or over the Delaware River, or the ownership of the subaqueous soil thereof, except as herein expressly set forth. Article IX. This agreement shall be executed by the said Commissioners, when authorized to do so by the Legislatures of the said States. It shall thereupon be submitted to Con-gress for its consent and approval. Upon the ratification thereof by Congress it shall he and become binding in per-petuity upon both of said States; and thereupon the suit now pending in the Supreme Court of the United States, in which the State of New Jersey is complainant and the State of Dela-ware is defendant, shall be discontinued, without costs to either party, and without prejudice. Pending the ratification hereof by Congress said suit shall remain ill statu quo. Done in two parts (one of which is retained by the Com-missioners of Delaware, to be delivered to the Governor of that State, and the other one of which is retained by the Com-missioners of New Jersey, to be delivere(l to the Governor of that State) this day of in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Five." There/bre, be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-resentatives of the Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met: Compact ratified and confirmed. OP SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. Section i. The foregoing compact or agreement, and every clause, matter and thing therein contained, be, and the same is, hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed as and for the act and deed of the State of Delaware, and the Commissioners of the said State are hereby authorized. and en-Towel-0, on 16 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Article h Of Compact. Article 9 of compact. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 17 OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. its behalf, to execute the same in duplicate, and to deliver one Ciommissioners copy thereof to the Commissioners of the State of New Jer- )110Sr ha et ed at lot - ex-sey. ienc udtuep cliocmatpea. ct Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Governor, at or be-. fore the next session of Congress of the United States, to Governor to transmit a duly certified copy of this Act to the President of foinidt recosueonft aoit the United States, with the request that it be communicated United States to Congress for its action thereon. tcoa tbeed ctoom muni- Congress. Approved March 20, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 6. OP SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. AN ACT appointing Three Commissioners on the part of the State of Del-aware, to confer with Three Commissioners to be appointed on the part of the State of New Jersey-, in accordance with the provisions of the Compact between the States of New Jersey and Delaware respecting the Delaware River and Day, defining their duties and powers and appro-priating money to pay the necessary expenses thereof. Whereas The Senate and House of Representatives of the Preamble. State of Delaware in General Assembly met have passed an act entitled "An Act to Ratify and Confirm a Compact or Agreement between the States of New Jersey and Delaware respecting the Delaware River and Bay, and to authorize the execution thereof" which act bath received the approval of the Governor of the State of Delaware; and the Legislature of the State of New Jersey bath passed an act of the same title and of the same purport, which act hath received the approval of the Governor of the State of New Jersey; And Whereas The said Compact or Agreement between said two states bath been duly signed and executed in dupli- Preamble. cate originals by Edward C. Stokes, Robert H. McCarter, IS LAWS OF DELAWARE. Preamble. OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. Franklin Murphey and Chauncey G. Parker, Commissioners on the part of the State of New jersey , and by Preston Lea, Robert H. Richards, Herbert H. Ward and George H. Bates, Commissioners on the part of the State of Delaware, one of which duplicate originals bath been retained by said Com-missioners of Delaware to be delivered to the Governor of that State and the other of which duplicate originals hath been retained by the Commissioners of New Jersey to be delivered to the Governor of that State: And Whereas It is provided and agreed by said compact or agreement between said States, among other things, as follows: "Article IV. Immediately upon the execution hereof the Legislature of the State of New jersey shall appoint three Commissioners to confer with three Commissioners to be immediately appointed by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware for the purpose of drafting- uniform laws to reg-ulate the catching and taking of fish in the Delaware River and Bay between said two States, which said Commissioners for each State respectively shall, within two years from the date of their appointment, report to the Legislature of each of said States the proposed laws so framed and recommended by said joint commission. Upon the adoption and passage of said laws so recommended by the respective Legislatures of said two States said laws shall constitute the sole laws for the regulation of the taking and catching of fish in the said river and bay between said States. Said laws shall remain in force until altered, amended or repealed by concurrent legislation of the said two States. Said Commissioners shall also ascer-tain the dividing line between said river and bay, and upon each of the shores of said two States, where said dividing line extended shall intersect the same, shall, at the joint expense of said States, erect a suitable monument to mark the said dividing line. Said dividing line between said monuments shall be the division line between the said river and bay for the interpretation of and for all purposes of this compact, and of the concurrent legislation provided for therein. The faith of said contracting States is hereby pledged to the enactment of said laws so recommended by said commission- JAWS OF DELAWARE. '9 OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. ers, or to such concurrent legislation as may seem judicious and proper in the premises to the respective Legislatures thereof. Each State shall have and exercise exclusive jurisdiction within said river to arrest, try and punish its own inhabitants for violation of the concurrent legislation relating to fishery herein provided for." "Article V. All laws of said States relating to the regula-tion of fisheries in the Delaware River not inconsistent with the right of common fishery hereinabove mentioned, shall continue in force in said respective States until the enactment of said concurrent legislation as herein provided." Now Therefore, In pursuance of the terms of said Compact, Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Reibresentalives of the Stale of Delaware in General Assembly met : Section 1. That Alexander B. Cooper, William S. Hillis Commissioners and Walter H. Hayes be and they are hereby appointed Corn- alam,;:,`1. missioners on the part of the State of Delaware, to confer with like Commissioners appointed or to be appointed by the Leg-islature of the State of New Jersey, to do and perform all the duties, acts, matters and things required and stipulated in the said Compact or Agreement hereinabove mentioned, to be by them clone and performed. That in and upon said Duties and Commissioners are hereby vested and conferred all powers powers of Commissioners and authorities necessary and convenient for the full and com-plete performance of all the duties, acts, matters and things by this Act imposed upon them. Said Delaware Commis-sioners shall fill any vacancies occuring in the membership of Vacancies, said Delaware Commission by the selection of some other how filled. suitable citizen or citizens of the State of Delaware. Section 2. Said Commissioners shall, on or before the Organization of first clay of June, A. D. 1905, organize by the election from Commissioners their number of a president and a secretary. The president President, his 'so elected shall be the presiding officer at all separate meet- duties. ings of said Commissioners, and the general executive head of said commission. The Secretary so elected shall conduct Secretary, his the correspondence of said commission under its direction duties. and keep a record of all the meetings, acts and proceedings Appropriation of $1500 for expenses. Nfoney, how drawn. 20 LAWS OF DELAWARE.. OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. of said Delaware Commissioners and of all meetings, acts and. proceedings of the joint commissioners in the performance of the duties, acts, matters and things stipulated for in the said. compact. Commissioners Said Delaware Commissioners shall have power to cause- Taut's= the production of books, papers and other things, and to tion of books, en force produc- summon before themselves, or before the said joint Commis-etc. sion, witnesses, expert and otherwise, the testimony of which, in the opinion of said Commissioners, shall be material to enable them to justly and fully perform the duties on them. hereby imposed. All witnesses may be summoned upon war-rants therefor signed by the President of said Delaware' Witnesses, Commission, and shall be paid, for attendance and mileage, how paid the fees usually paid in the State of Delaware for the attendance of witnesses at the trial of civil causes in the Attendance of Superior Court of said State. The attendance of witnesses. witnesses ma y be enforced by before said Delaware Commission or before said joint corn-- attachment. mission may be compelled by attachments issued by said Delaware Commission to the Sheriff of any County in the State of Delaware; said attachments shall be signed by the President of said Delaware Commission and countersigned' by the Secretary thereof, and shall be executed and returned' by the Sheriff to whom the same shall be directed. Each of said Commissioners shall have power and authority to adtnin-oaadtmhsin. ister ister oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before them. or before said joint commission. Section 3. The sum of fifteen hundred dollars is hereby. appropriated out of the monies in the Treasury of this State,. not otherwise appropriated, to pay the necessary expenses-attendant upon the execution of the duties of said Commis-sioners. Said monies shall be drawn from the said Treasury, from time to time as occasion shall demand, upon the warrant of the Governor of this State drawn upon the State Treasurer, upon the certificate in writing to said Governor signed by the President and countersigned by the Secretary of said Del-aware Commission, giving the details of such expenditures; made or to be made as aforesaaid. Approved, March 23, A. D. 1905. LAWS Or DELAWARE. 21 OP SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. CHAPTER 7. OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. AN ACT giving the consent of the Legislature of the State of Delaware to the purchase by the United States for Military purposes of land ad-joining the Military Reservation of Fort du Pont, Delaware. Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of Rresentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met : Section I. That the consent of the Legislature of Dela- consent of mare be and the same is hereby given, pursuant to the seven- mtseetgf pi tat tri-d teenth clause of the eighth section of the first article of the Lb.i..ntinteSnt Constitution of the United States, to the purchase by the United States of three tracts of land aggregating, approx-imately, two hundred and seven acres, situate in Red Lion 'Hundred, New Castle County, for the enlargement of the military reservation of Fort DuPont, Delaware, said tracts comprising about one hundred and eleven and five-tenths :acres, acquired by deed from Harry C. Clark and wife, dated the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred :and ninety-nine, and recorded in Deed Record B, Volume .eighteen, page two hundred and thirty, etc., in the Recorder's (Office at Wilmington. Delaware: and two parcels aggregat-ing about ninety-five and fifty-two hundredths acres, to be purchased from Thomas C. Reeves, et. al., heirs of Clement Reeves, deceased : Provided, That the sovereignty and juris- Sovereignty diction of this State §hall extend over said lands so far as that oarlsil;rtetice`:. tall civil process and such criminal process as may issue under tend over laixtds -the authority of this State against any person or persons .charged with crimes or other offenses committed without -such lands may be executed thereon in the same way and :manner as if this consent had not been given. Approved, Mara 16, A. D. 1905. _k LAWS OF DELAWARE.. OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS. CHAPTER 8. OF- THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OP LAWS. AN ACT to Revive and Extend the time of Recording Private Acts. Whereas, By Section three of Chapter 4 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware, it is provided that private Statutes, namely, such as are not of a public nature or pub-lished as such shall be recorded in the Recorder's office in one of the Counties of this State within twelve months after their. passage or they will be void; Preamble. And Whereas, A number of the private and unpublished Acts heretofore passed have been allowed to become void through various causes; Therefore for the purpose of relieving the parties interested of the embarrassments and disappointments arising from such neglect in the premises, Be 1/ enacted by Me Senate and House of Representatives of the Stale of Delaware in General Assembly met (lwo-thirds of each House concurring therein.) Certain void Section i. That all unpublished Acts heretofore passed acts re-enacted. that have become void on account of not having been duly recorded in compliance with the provisions aforesaid and that have not, by special Acts, been repealed or_ become void by lapse of the time for which they were limited, be and the same are hereby revived, renewed and re-enacted, and, together with the provisions therein contained, are respectively declar- Acts done under ed to be in full force for the period mentioned in the original void acts made Acts, and all Acts and transactions done and performed under the provisions of said Acts respectively shall have the same force and effect and be as valid to all intents and purposes as if the said Acts had been severally recorded according to Law. Provided, however, that this enactment shall not take effect in the case of any Act that has become void as aforesaid until When certified copy of void a certified copy thereof procured of the Secretary of State. act to be recorded. shall be duly recorded in the Recorder's office of one of the- Counties of this State; and Provided further that no suchl 22 Preamble. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 23 OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS. copy of a voided Act shall be received for record after the expiration of one year from the passage of this Act. Section 2. This Act shall be taken and deemed to be a public Act and be published as such. - Approved, March 16, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 9. O1 : THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS. AN ACT to amend Chapter 4 of the Revised Code, Laws of Delaware, in Relation to the Publication of Laws. Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentatives of The Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That Section 1 of Chapter 4, Revised Code, s Cd.i0 11 r, r_i.. .,ap. Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended b ! oruLie: aRneiCinscied y Coded inserting between the words "thousand" and "copies" in the innuctirgesrilo'l vol. fourth line the words "and three hundred": and that Section umes of Session Laws published 2 of the said Chapter be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "three" in the tenth line and inserting numbeasr.u oT vol-umes of Laws in lieu thereof the word "five." held for binding. Section 2. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, March 30, A. D. 1905. Not to prevent enrollment of bills. 24 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OP THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS. CHAPTER io. Or THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS. AN ACT authorizing the Enrolling Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives to have bills which -have passed both Houses of the General Assembly printed instead of Enrolled, and providing that the printed copy shall take the place of and be known as the Enrolled Bill. Preamble. Whereas, During the last days of the Session the volume of business makes it impossible for the Enrolling Clerks of the respective houses to personally engross the bills and resolu-tions coming into their hands, and they are compelled to depend very largely on outside assistance resulting often in hasty and defective work, therefore, Be enacted by Ike Senate and House of Refircsenlatives of the Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met: Printed copy Section I. That during the last seven days of the Session of bill, when to , be enrolled bill. or the Legislature, the Senate or House respectively, may order any bill printed which has had a second reading before either House, and such printed copy shall take the place of what is now known as and shall be called the enrolled bill and it shall be dealt with in the same manner as enrolled bills are dealt with at present, and shall be sent in printed form, after passing, to the other House, and in that form shall be dealt with by that House, and its officers in the same manner in which enrolled bills are BOW dealt with. Section 2. That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to prevent the respective Houses to have enrolled as heretofore any or all bills either during the last seven days of the Session or at any other time. Printing corn- Section 3. The Printing Committees of the Senate and !nittee author- House of Representatives shall take such steps as may be ued to arrange printing ofActs. necessary to carry this Act into effect and to provide for the speedy and correct execution of the printing herein contem-plated. Approved, March 9, A. D. 1905. _LAWS OF DELAWARE. 25 TITLE SECOND. Of the Public Revcnue ; and the Assessment, Collection and Appropriation of Taxes. CHAPTER OF PUBLIC REVENUE, AN ACT making Appropriations for the Expenses of the State Govern-ment, other 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 six. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of all the members 0/cam' to each House thereof con-curring therein.) Secton t. That the several amounts named in this Act, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropri-ated and authorized to be paid out of the Treasury of this :State to the respective public officers and for the several purposes specified for the current fiscal year ending on Mon- Afgrec.aprriia9otiso.n da,, immediately preceding the second Tuesday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six; provided, however, that all parts or portions of the several sums appropriated by this Act, which on said Monday imme-diately preceding said second Tuesday of January, AD. 1906, shall not have been paid out of the Treasury, shall be convert-ed 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. Governor. 26 LAWS OF DELAWARE.. Secretary of State. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the contingent expenses of the Governor's office, One Thousand dollars. For the Secretary of State for salary, One Thousand; dollars. For the Secretary of State to pay the contingent expenses; of his office, Twelve Hundred dollars. For the Secretary of State for indexing and preparing for publication, the Laws of the session of the Legislature held in the year A. D. 1905, Five Hundred and Fifty dollars. For the Secretary of State as compensation for performing the duties imposed on him by the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to .raise revenue for the State by taxing certain cor-porations" enacted by the General Assembly A. D. 1899, the sum of Five Hundred dollars. For Secretary of State for paying cost of official bond, One Hundred dollars. Stenographer and Typewtiter Stenographer and Typewriter for the Governor and onrpsoetc.errettiTy Secretary of State for salary, Seven Hundred dollars. of State. StateLibrarian. For State Librarian for salary, Eight Hundred dollars. State Library. For current expenses of State Library, One Hundred dollars. For the purchase of law books for State Library, Five Ii undred dollars. For the Janitor of the State House for salary, Five Hun-ched dollars. Chancellor. For the Chancellor for salary, Four Thousand and Five Hundred dollars. For the Chancellor for reporting, Two Hundred dollars. For the Chancellor to pay contingent expenses of the Court of Chancery, Two Hundred dollars. For the Chancellor ill payment of one hundred copies of his report, Eight Hundred dollars. Chief Justice. For the Chief Justice for salary, Four Thousand and Five: Hundred dollars. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the four Associate Judges for salaries, Sixteen Thou- Associate sand dollars. Judges. For the Associate Judge resident in Kent County, for Associate Judge of Kent: county. For the Associate Judge resident in Kent County for one hundred copies of "Pennewill's Delaware Reports" Volume 4, One Thousand dollars. For the Court Stenographer for salary, Two Thousand dollars. For transcript for Supreme Court and Assistant Stenog-rapher, Three Hundred and Fifty dollars. For the State Treasurer and Trustee of School Fund for State Treasurer 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, 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 Attorney-General for salary, Twenty-five Hundred dollars. For the Deputy Attorney General for salary, One Thou-sand dollars. reporting, Two Hundred dollars. For contingent expenses for the Attorney General for pay- Contingent fund oi Attor-i lig expenses in criminal prosecution, Twelve Hundred ney General. dollars. For the Insurance dred dollars. For the Insurance Clerk, Six Hundred ( For the Insurance penses of his office, Hundred dollars. Commissioner for salary, Fifteen Hun- Commissioner to pay the salary of his lollars. Commissioner to pay the necessary ex-such as postage, stationery, etc., Five Insurance Commissioner._ Pennewill's Reports. Court Stenog-rapher. Auditor of Accounts. Attorney General. Deputy Attor-ney General. 28 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Teachers' In-stitUte, white. National 'Guard. Industrial School for Girls. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. StateFor the two State Detectives for salaries, Two Thousand Detectives, and Four Hundred dollars. For actual .expenses in serving requisition papers, Three Hundred dollars. Fish For the Fish Commissioner for salary and all necessary Commissioner, expenses incurred in the discharge of his official duties, Five Hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of Fish Commissioner to pay postage and stationery, traveling expenses, etc., One Hun-dred and Twenty-five dollars. Oyster Revenue For the Oyster Revenue Collector for salary, Seven Hun- Collector. dred dollars. Officers and For the payment of officers and crew of watch-boat for the tvoeawt.. of Watch protection of oysters, Twenty-three Hundred and Forty dollars. County School For the three County Superintendents of Schools, Three Superintend- , ents. fhousand and Six Hundred dollars. For the expenses of holding the white Teachers' Institute in the several counties of this State, Four Hundred and Fifty dollars. Teachers' Instl- For the expenses of holding colored Teachers' Institute, flute, colored. One Hundred and Fifty dollars. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the maintenance, discipline and regulation of the National Guard of Delaware" passed at Dover, May 7th, 1897, as amended, Five Thousand dollars. Water for State For the town of Dover, to pay for water furnished for the Bouse. use of the State House, One Hundred dollars. Farmers' For the Farmers' Institute for the purpose of defraying !Institute. incidental expenses of holding the same, Six Hundred dollars. 'State Board of For the State Board of Agriculture, Three Thousand Agriculture. dollars. For the Delaware Industrial School for Girls, Three Thou-sand Dollars. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 29 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For St. Michael's Day Nursery and Hospital for Babes, st. Michael's Five Hundred dollars. Nursery. For the Peninsula Horticultural Society, Five Hundred Horticultural Soocciieettyy.. For the State Board of Health, Two Thousand and Five Board of Hundred dollars. Health. For the Trustees of Delaware College for the use of Delaware said College, being its share of appropriation made by the Coll' general Government for the year 1905, 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 appropriation .4i''ulyeel. made by the general Government for the year 1905, Five Thousand dollars. For the burial of indigent soldiers, sailors or marines, Indigent Soldiers. Seven Hundred and Fifty dollars. For the Historical Society of Delaware for the use thereof, Historical Three Hundred dollars. Society. For the purpose of re-inbursing the owners of diseased owners of 'his-cattle killed under the provisions of Section 2 of the Act nectA.cattle entitled "An Act to prevent the spread of contagious or infec-tious pleuro-pneumonia among the cattle of this State" and for all other expenses under said Act, Two Hundred dollars. For the purpose of defraying the expenses involved in Infectious carrying out. the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act for the eradication of infectious and contagious diseases among lower animals" and of the amendments thereof, One Thou-sand dollars. For insurance against fire on property belonging to the Insurance. State, One Thousand Seven Hundred dollars. For the maintenance and instruction of the indigent deaf Deaf, dumb, and dumb and indigent blind and indigent idiotic children, in ca. nd institutions outside the State, Eight Thousand dollars. For the purchase of books, maps and other appliances for Books, etc. for the use of the blind, One Hundred dollars. blind. - Traveling Library Commission. 'Lieutenant 'Governor. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. President of For the President of the Board of Trustees of the State State Hospital Hospital at Farnhurst for visiting the institutions outside of : Farnhurst, Report of the State in which are being instructed at the expense of the State, indigent deaf and dumb, indigent blind and indigent idiotic children, and for making report to the Governor con-cerning the same, One Hundred dollars. 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 teach-ers' salaries and for furnishing free text books, One Hundred and Thirty-two Thousand dollars. For the purpose of paying interest on the indebtedness of the State, Thirty-two Thousand dollars. State Board of For the purposes of paying the expenses of the State Board Education and County School of Education and also the expenses of County School Com- Commissioners missioners under the Act entitled "An Act providing for the Establishment 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. Students at- For the State Treasurer to carry out the provisions of "An tending Graded Schools. 1\ct 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 of the State Federation of Women's Clubs for Delaware, the sum of One Hundred Dollars for the purpose of establishing a traveling library. For the salary of the Bacteriologist and all expenses of the Bacteriological Laboratory. Pathological and Bacteriological Laboratory at Delaware College, Twenty-five Hundred dollars. Delaware Sod- For the Delaware Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to for Children for the purpose of enforcing laws, etc., Nine Hun to Children. dred dollars. For the Lieutenant Governor for services as a member of 'Board of Pardons, One Hundred dollars. :30 LAWS OF DELAWARE School Fund. Interest on State debt. /LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the State Treasurer for paying cost of his official bond, 'Three Hundred dollars. For the Clerk of the Senate for preparing, indexing and :superintending the printing of his Journal, Five Hundred and Yifty dollars. For the Clerk of the House of Representatives for prepar- Clerk of House ing, indexing and superintending the printing of his Journal, .Five Hundred and Fifty dollars. For printing Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly printing. and for all other printing done for the benefit and use of the .State, Five Thousand dollars. The State Treasurer for repairs to State property, Two .R. cpa.rs to State 'Hundred dollars. property. For rent of telephone for use of State House, Twenty-five Telephone. -dollars. For contingent fund for State Treasurer, Two Hundred StateTreasurer, contingent ,dollars. fund. For blanks, postage, stationery, etc., for use of State Aud- StateAuditor, contingent itor's office, Five Hundred dollars. fund. For contingent fund for Insurance Commissioner, Three Insurance Hundred dollars. cCoonmtimngisesniot ner, fund. For National Guard of State of Delaware for field practice. National Guard Eight Thousand dollars. For Propagation of sturgeon, Eight Hundred dollars. Sturgeon. For G. A. R. Memorial Day expenses, One Thousand Gm.o Ari.a lR D. aMye. - For Medical Councils of Delaware, Three Hundred dollars. Medical Coun-cil ot Delaware. For Stenographer for Chancellor, Six Hundred dollars. Stenographer for Chancellor For factory and work shop Inspector under House Bill No. inspector, 206, One Thousand dollars. Factory. For printing General Incorporation Law, Three Hundred Printing Incor- -and Fifty dollars. poration Laws. 3 State Treasurer Official hood. Clerk of Senate Public High-ways, Sussex county. Public High-ways, Sussex county. 32 LAWS OF DELAWARE.. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. Repairing on For repairing, heating and lighting State House, Five State House. Hundred dollars. Public High- For carrying out the provisions of "An Act to provide for way for New Castle county. the permanent improvement of the Public Highways in New Castle County, Delaware" under the Act of 1905, Ten Thou-' sand dollars. Public High- For carrying out the provisions of "An Act to provide for way, Rent county. the permanent improvement of the Public Highways in Kent County, Delaware" under the Act of 1905, Ten Thousand dollars. For carrying out the provisions of "An Act to provide. for the permanent improvementt of the Public Roads in Sus-sex County, Delaware" under the Act of 1905, Ten Thou-sand dollars. Delaware-New TO pay expenses of the Commission appointed by Act of Jsetorsneeyr sC. ommis- this State to confer with a like Commission appointed on the. part of the State of New Jersey to frame uniform fishing legis-lation and for other purposes mentioned in said Act, One Thousand and Five Hundred dollars. To pay amount due contractors for construction of perma-nent highway in Sussex County under the Law for a perma-nent improvement of the Public Highways of the State of Delaware now held by the State Treasurer, One Hundred and Eighty-three dollars and Twenty-five cents. Delaware State For salary for three State Highway Commissioners from H ighway Commissioners. January 1st to March 23rd, 1905, under an Act to provide for the permanent Improvement of the Public Highways in the State of Delaware" Six Hundred and Ninety-one dollars. New Castle For salary of New Castle County State Highway Commis County High. . way Commis. smiler, One Thousand dollars. SI011er. Approved, April 6, A. D. 1905. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 33 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 12. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT making Appropriations for the Expenses of the State Govern-ment, other 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 seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the several amounts named in the Act, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropri-ated and authorized to be paid out of the Treasury of this. State to the respective public officers and for the several purposes specified for the current fiscal year ending on Mon-day immediately preceding the Second Tuesday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, provided, however, that all parts or portions of the several _sums appropriated by this Act, which on said Monday imme-diately preceding said second Tuesday of January, A. D. 1907, shall not have been paid out of the Treasury, shall be con-verted back into the General Fund of the Treasury. The said several sumshereby appropriated are as follows, viz For the Governor for salary, Two Thousand dollars. Governot. For the contingent expenses of the Governor's office, One Thousand dollars. For the Secretary of State for salary, One Thousand Secretary of dollars. State. For the Secretary of State to pay the contingent expenses of his office, Twelve Hundred dollars. For the Secretary of State as compensation for the per-forming the duties imposed on him by the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to raise revenue for the State by taxing certain corporations" enacted by the General Assembly A. D. 1899, the sum of Five Hundred dollars. 3 Approprlatiorr for 1906. 34 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For Secretary of State for paying cost of official bond, One Hundred dollars. Stenographer and Typewriter POT Stenographer and Typewriter for the Governor and for Governor and Secretary Secretary of State for salary, Seven Hundred dollars. of State. State Librarian. For State Librarian for salary, Eight Hundred dollars. State Library. For current expenses of State Library, One Hundred dollars. For the purchase of law books for State Library, Five Hun-dred dollars. Janitor. For the Janitor of the State House for salary, Five Hun-dred dollars. For the Chancellor for salary, Four Thousand and five Hundred 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 in payment of one hundred copies of his report, Eight Hundred dollars. For the Chief Justice for salary, Four Thousand and Five Hundred dollars. For the four Associate Judges for salaries, Sixteen Thou-sand Dollars. For the Associate Judge resident in Kent County, for reporting, Two Hundred dollars. For the Court Stenographer for salary, Two Thousand dollars. For transcript for Supreme Court and Assistant Sten-ographer, Three Hundred and Fifty dollars. State Treasurer For the State Treasurer and Trustee of the School Fund for salary, One Thousand Pour Hundred and Fifty dollars. For the State Treasurer for postage, stationery, clerical assistance and the like, to carry out the provisions of Section Chancellor. Chief Justice. Associate Judges. Associate Judge of Kent county. Court Stenog-rapher. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 35 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. 22, Chapter 67, Volmue 21, Laws of Delaware, Five Hundred dollars. For the Auditor of Accounts for salary, One Thousand and Auditor of Accounts. Two Hundred dollars. For the Attorney General for salary, Twenty-five Hundred Attorney Geenneerraall.. For the Deputy Attorney sand dollars. For contingent expenses paying expenses in criminal dollars. General for salary, One Thou-for the Attorney General for prosecution, Twelve Hundred For the Insurance 'Commissioner to pay the salary of his Clerk, Six Hundred dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner to pay the necessary expenses of his office, such as postage, stationery, etc., Five Hundred dollars. For the two State Detectives for salaries, Two Thousand and Four Hundred dollars. To actual expenses in serving requisition papers, Three Hundred dollars. For the Fish Commissioner for salary and all necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his official duties, Five Hundred dollars. Deputy Attor-ney General. Attorney Gen-ilranici. contingent Insurance Commission-er's clerk. State Detectives, Fish Commissioner. For contingent expenses of Fish Commissioner to pay postage and stationery, traveling expenses, etc., One Hun-dred and Twenty-five dollars. For the Oyster Revenue Collector for salary, Seven Hun- Oyster Revenue dred dollars. Collector. For the payment of officers and crew of watch boat for Officers and the protection of oysters, Twenty-three Hundred and Forty cliroT. of Watch dollars. For the three County Superintendents of Schools, Threeye SCuounrtiyntSnecdh -o ol Thousand and Six Hundred dollars. ents. 36 Teachers' In-stitute, white. Teachers' Insti- For the expense of holding colored Teachers' Institute. tute, colored. One Hundred and Fifty dollars. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the maintenance. discipline and regulation of the National Guard of Delaware' passed at Dover, May 7, 1897, as amended, Five Thousand dollars. Water for State For the Town of Dover, to pay for water furnished for the House. use of the State House, One Hundred dollars. Farmers' For the Farmers Institute for the purpose of defraying in-institute. cidental expenses of holding the same, Six Hundred dollars. State Board of For the State Board of Agriculture, Three Thousand do!- Agriculture. la rs. National Guard. Industrial School for Girls. St. Michael's Nursery. Horticultural Society. State Board of Health. Delaware College. College for Colored Students. Indigent Soldiers. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the expenses of holding the white Teachers' Institute in the several counties of this State, Four Hundred and Fifty dollars. For the Delaware Industrial School for Girls, Three Thou-sand dollars. For St. Michael's Day Nursery and Hospital for Babes, Five Hundred dollars. For the Peninsula Horticultural Society, Five -Hundred: dollars. For the State Board of Health, Two Thousand and Five. Hundred dollars. For the Trustees of Delaware College for the use of said' College, being its share of appropriation made by the gen-eral Government for the year 1906, Twenty Thousand dol-lars. For the Trustees of the State College for Colored Students,. for the use of said College, being its share of appropriation made by the General Government for the year 1906, Five. Thousand_ dollars. For the burial of indigent soldiers, sailors and marines, Seven Hundred and Fifty dollars. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 37 OP PUBLIC REVENUE. For the Historical Society of Delaware for the use thereof, Historical Three Hundred dollars. Society. For the purpose of re-imbursing the owners of diseased Owners of_ dis-cattle killed under the provisions of Section 2 of the Act en- Meed.cattle titled "An Act to prevent the spread of contagious or infec-tious pleuro-pneumonia among the cattle of this State." and for all other expenses under said Act, Two Hundred dollars. For the purpose of defraying the expenses involved in car- infectious rying out the provisions of the act entitled An Act for the liotarseanaittillioatf. eradication of infectious and contagious diseases among the lower animals" and of the amendments thereof, One Thou-sand dollars. For insurance against fire on property belonging to the Insurance. State, One Hundred dollars. For the maintenance and instruction of the indigent deaf trk dumb, .and dumb and indigent blind and indigent idiotic children, idi`o'tifi in institutions outside the State, Eight Thousand dollars. For the purchase of books, maps and other appliances for Books, etc. for the use of the blind, One Hundred dollars. blind. For the President of the Board of Trustees of the State President of Hospital at Farnhurst for visiting the institutions outside the ,s,Pil,earili°,sutal State in which are being instructed at the expense of the ofourtaitiug State, indigent deaf and dumb, indigent blind and indigent institutions' idiotic children, and for making report to the Governor con-cerning the same, One Hundred dollars. For the benefit of the Free Public Schools and in addition school Fund. to the income arising from the investments of the Public School Fund, to be used exclusively for the payment of teachers' salaries and for furnishing free text books, One Hundred and Thirty-two Thousand dollars. For the purpose of paying interest on the indebtedness of the State, Thirty-two Thousand dollars. Intterest on. S att e deb t For the purposes of paying the expenses of the State state Board of Board of Education and also the expenses of County School goduufTy"'Smcinan"oi Commissioners under the Act entitled "An act providing for commissioners the establishment of a General System of Free Public Traveling Libraries. Printing. Legislative Committee to settle with State officers. Telephone. 38 LAWS OV DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. Schools", passed at the adjourned session of the Legislature held in the year 1898, One Thousand Five Hundred and Seventy-five dollars. Students at- For the State Treasurer to carry out the provisions of "An t cnhdoiongsGraded 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 Libra-ries of the State Federation of Women's Clubs for Delaware, the sum of One Hundred dollars for the purpose of establish-ing a traveling library. Bacteriological For the salary of the Bacteriologist and all expenses of the Laboratory. Pathological and Bacteriological Laboratory at Delaware College, Twenty-five Hundred dollars. Delaware sod. For the Delaware Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to oty for Preven-tion of Cruelty Children for the purpose of enforcing laws, etc., Nine to Children. Hundred dollars. Lieutenant For the Lieutenant Governor for services as a member of Governor. the Board of Pardons, One Hundred dollars. Repairs to State For the State Treasurer for repairs to State property, Two House. Hundred dollars. State Treasurer For the State Treasurer for paying cost of his official bond, Official Bond. Three Hundred dollars. Department of For the Department of Elections for the City of Wilming- Elections for Wilmington. ton, Four Thousand and Three Hundred dollars. Registrars, etc. For Registrars and Associate Registrars for compensation for their services, Thirteen Thousand dollars. For printing done for the use and benefit of the State, in-cluding the books and papers to be furnished to the Registra-tion officers, Ten Thousand dollars. For the use of the joint committee to settle with the State officers in January A. D. 1906, One Thousand dollars. For rent of telephone for use of State House, Twenty-five dollars. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 39 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For contingent fund for State Treasurer, Two Hundred cSotantteinTgreenats urer, dollars. fund. For blanks, postage, stationery, etc', for use of State Aud- State Auditor,contingent itor's office, Five Hundred dollars. fund. For contingent fund for Insurance Commissioner, Three Insurancc e Commissioner, Hundred dollars. contingent fund. For National Guard of State of Delaware, for field prac- National Guard. tice, Eight Thousand dollars. For propagation for sturgeon, Eight Hundred dollars. Sturgeon. For G. A. R. Memorial Day expenses, One Thousand G. A. R. Me-morial Day. dollars. For Medical Councils of Delaware, Three Hundred dollars. roetaiiccrtil. For Stenographer for the Chancellor, Six Hundred dollars. RIreCifarna?etrr For cremation of animals in 1904, under Chapter 451, Vol. cremation of 20, Laws of Delaware, One Thousand One Hundred and animals. Ninety-seven dollars. For factory and work shop inspector under House Bill' Factory Inspector. No. 206, One Thousand dollars. For printing General Incorporation Law, Three HundredrpaPonrinotin g Laws Incor-n . and Fifty dollars. For repairing, heating and lighting State House, FiveSata tee Ho e on teptus. Hundred dollars. For carrying out the provisions of "An Act to provide for Public High-the permanent improvement of the Public Highways in New Milfe'rcoNuenlvy. Castle County, Delaware" under the act of 1905, Ten Thou-sand dollars. For carrying out the provisions of "An Act to provide for wPuabl i cHenigh-the permanent improvement of the Public Highways in Kent county. County, Delaware" under the act of 1905, Ten Thousand dollars. For carrying out the provisions of "An Act to provide for Public High-the permanent improvement of the Public Roads in Sussex corttyi?nsyS.ussex 40 New Castle County High-way Commis-sioner. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. County, Delaware" under the act of 1905, Ten Thousand dollars. For salary of New Castle County State Highway Com-missioner, One Thousand dollars. Approved, April 18, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 13. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT appropriating certain money out of the State Treasury of this State to pay certain claims against the State. Be it enacted by Me Senate and House of Representatives of Me State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Sundry claims. Section 1. That the several sums of money hereinafter named are hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of this State for the purpose of paying the claims hereinafter men-tioned, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same as follows: Services of H. H. Ward $3000.00 C. R. Layton 550.00 :I S. Godwin 36.40 C. L. Moore 35.00 W. S. Quigley 870.00 Smyrna Times 54.50 Delawarcan 49.60 J. B. Robinson 95.65 Peninsular News 5.60 J. Frank Allee 7.00 Dover Ice Co 35.55 Union Republican Publishing Co 193.40 William Cul veyhouse 22.90 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. T. K. Jones 178.99 C. H. Gray 11.15 C. G. Gray 2.00 Milton Times 2.20 Delaware Democrat 3.10 Sussex Journal 6.30 Dover Index 38.75 Clarke & McDaniel 353.13 State Sentinel Printing Co 1052.50 Starling & Beck 2.00 Riley Melville 22.00 James \V. \Vise 26.00 Howard Scotten I 1.00 Willie Dewitt 2.00 Theodore Townsend, Milford Chronicle '16.00 Middletown Transcript 7.20 Delaware Pilot 8.10 The Evening Journal 75.60 G. W. Baker 20.87 John D. Brooks 52.40 L. A. Davis 53.27 Mrs. Carrie G. Ritter... 135.00 Typewritists /I Miss Estella Rash 120.00 Mrs. Edith Ingersoll [ 60.00 Miss Fannie Harrington . 20.00 Walter Pardoe 351.50 Edward Baker 4.00 J. A. Hirons 112.34 James Carroll --:,)-. 00 C. M. Smith Stationery Co 58.00 C. H. Simmons 600.0o News Publishing Co 101.40 J. S. Rowan, Senate and House 174.81 Robert H. VanDyke 17.90 Lewis Chambers 50.00 Republican Publishing Co 151.75 A. V. Leslie George (Clerk hire) 85.00 E. I. Abbott 175.00 Philip Q. Churchman 1304.21 George H. Bates 2500.00 Diamond State Telephone Co 280.28 41 Inaugurating Govarnor and Lieutenant Governor, expenses thereof appropriated. CHAPTER 14. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT appropriating Nino Hundred and Fifty Dollars to Defray Ex-penses of Inaugurating the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reibresentatives of the Stale of Delaware in General Assembly mel Section I. That the sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses incurred inaugurating the Governor and Lieu-tenant Governor. And the State Treasurer is hereby author-ized to pay the same to John P. Armstrong, Treasurer of the Joint Legislative Committee on said Inauguration, said Treasurer to present and file with the State Treasurer proper vouchers for the expenditure of the same. Approved, February 7, A. D. 1905. 42 LAWS OF DELAWARE.. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. Dover Gas Light Co 314.72 George G. Byron, House 54.60 J. W. Steele, Exc. 7.50 J. A. Bonsall 26.00 \V. H. Moore 25.00 Howard E. Vernon 16.00 G. W. Marshall 217.T8 Albert L. Massey 2.50 S. C. Evans & Son 61.75 Thomas S. Lewis (House) 309.30 Frances M. Dempsey 3.00 Levy Court 144.00 M. E. Haman 10.00 Edward Houston 50.00 George H. Baynum 50.00 James Lord 50.00 Approved, March 23, A. D. 1905. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 15. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to appropriate money to pay the expenses of attending the cer-emonies 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: Section 1. That the sum of Twenty-seven Hundred dollars Inauguration of be and the same is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses fIrtileiddelc'tfes. of the Governor and his Staff, other State officers, the mem-bers and officers of the Legislature and the Militia in attend-ing the ceremonies of the inauguration of the President on the fourth of March. Section 2. That said money or so much thereof as is Funds , by hSowtnaaidt e necessary so appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer 'treasurer. to the Committee of the General Assembly on Arrangements to attend said inaugural ceremonies upon their order. Approved, February 21, A. D. 1905. 43 44 6625 from Gen-eral Fund tor burial of hull-gent soldiers, sailors and marines. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 16. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to provide for the payment of certain expenses incurred in the burial of certain indigent soldiers, sailors or marines. Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of all the members elected to each House concurring therein.) Section 1. That there is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the General Fund, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of Six Hundred and Twenty-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to the Department Commander of the Delaware Grand Army of the Republic, for the purpose of paying the funeral expenses of twenty-five indigent soldiers sailors and marines. The annual State appropriation therefore having been exhausted. Approved, March 2, A. D. 1905. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 45 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 17. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT providing for an appropriation of Five Hundred Dollars to erect a Monument to Commemorate the First Settlement in Delaware, at Lewes, Sushex County. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section t. That a joint committee consisting of Preston $500 appropria- Lea, Governor, representing the State and Charles B. Lore, itici (Lt.°, neerenctt Ebe W. Tunnell and George \V. Marshall, representing the Fionignpiresnrsreie_ Historical Society of Delaware, together with an auxiliary ment in Dela- L committee consisting of Harry V. Lyons, Louis W. Mustard, ware,at ewes. Hiram R. Burton, Charles H. Maull, John M. Richardson, Names of the James Thompson, John P. Virden, Clinton Long, William P. committee. Orr, Elijah J. Morris, Joseph Martin, Robert C. Chambers, William R. Messick, David H. Hall and Robert Arnel, be and is hereby appointed to erect a suitable monument to com-memorate the first settlement of colonists in this State at Fort Oplandt at or near the town of Lewes, Sussex County, and the sum of Five Hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for that purpose, said sum or so much of the same as shall be necessary, to be expended under the direction of said com-mittee. Approved, March 30, A. D. 1905. 46 Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 18. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT appropriating a certain sum of money to The State Society of The Daughters of the American Revolution to help defray the cost of the construction of the D. A. R. Memorial Hall at Washington. Whereas, The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution have commenced the erection and construction of a magnificent building in the City of Wash-ington, D. C. for the purpose of commemorating the War of the American Revolution and perpetuating valuable re-cords and relics connected therewith; and Whereas, The design of the said Memorial Hall calls for thirteen massive monoliths representing the thirteen original States; and Whereas, There has been assigned to the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution of the State of Del-aware the honor of raising the sum of Two Thousand dollars to defray the cost of the monolith representing the State of Delaware; Now Therefore Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of ROresentatives of the Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met: $i coo to he Section 1. That the sum of One Thousand dollars be and paid Daughters of American the same is hereby appropriated to the said society of the Revolution to pay, In part, Daughters of the American Revolution toward defraying the costs of mono-lith in Memo- cost of the said monolith in the said Memorial Hall, and the rial Hall. State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the said amount to the Treasurer of the said Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution of Delaware out of any moneys in the Treasury to the credit of the General Fund not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 3, A. D. 1905. Iggtoel e3tifn ci Section 1. That the trustee of the School Fund be and he authorized to ZAWS Or DELAWARE. 47 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. .CHAPTER 19. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT transferring certain moneys belonging to the School Fund, pro-viding that the State shall pay Interest therefor, and authorizing the said moneys to be used in the Redemption of certain State Bonds. Whereas, The sum of Twenty-two Thousand and Thirty- Preamble. five dollars proceeds of the liquidation of the Farmers' Bank at New Castle, and belonging to the permanent investments of the School Fund, was paid into the State Treasury on July 7, 1899, and has remained uninvested and unproductive since that time. And Whereas : It is desired that the said sum of Twenty- Preamble. -two Thousand and Thirty-five dollars, now standing to the credit of the School Fund should be invested so that the same may draw interest : And Whereas: It is deemed advisable, in order to secure a Preamble. present investment of the last mentioned sum so that an income of six per centum per anum may be presently derived therefrom for the benefit of the Free Schools, that the State of Delaware should borrow the said sum of money and issue its bonds to the trustee of the School Fund to secure the same; and apply the said moneys to the payment of a part of the bonded debt, of the State. And Whereas: A certain bond of the State of Delaware to Preamble. the School Fund for the sum of One Hundred and Fifty-six 'Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty dollars will be due and payable on the first day of July, A. D. 1906. And Whereas : It is desired to make provision for renewing Preamble. said bond, and including in the said bond when renewed the said sum of Twenty-two Thousand and Thirty-five dollars now remaining uninvested to the credit of the School Fund .as aforesaid and also to pay interest on the said sum to the .School Fund, Now therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives .of the Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met: State bond authorized to be issued. Form of Bond. 48 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. transfer certain is hereby authorized and directed to transfer the sum of school funds to ro State Treasurer J.wenty-two Thousand and Thirty-five dollars, now standing fsorretz,nsse. of to the credit of the School Fund to the State Treasurer who shall deposit the same to the credit of the State and take the receipt of the State Treasurer therefor, the sum to be applied to the purchase of outstanding bonds of the State as is now State Treasurer or may be provided by law. And the State Treasurer is. `.:;:iM(117,toeir.`d'st. hereb}, authorized and directed to pay to the Trustee of the School Fund, interest on the above stated sum at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the first day of January A. D. 1906, to the first day of July A. D. 1906. Section 2. That a single bond of this State shall be issued for the sum of One Hundred and Seventy-eight Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-five dollars ($178,785.) being made up of the aforesaid sum of One Hundred and Fifty-six Thousand and Seven Hundred and Fifty dollars ($156,750), and the further sum of Twenty-two Thousand and Thirty-fl VC dollars ($22,035.), proceeds of the liquidation of the Farmers' Bank at New Castle and paid into the State Treas-ury, but also belonging to the School Fund. The said bond shall be in the following form,viz: United States of America State of Delaware. These presents certify and make known that the State of Delaware acknowledges itself to owe unto "The School Fund of the State of Delaware" the sum of One Hundred and Seventy-eight Thousand and Seven Hundred and Eighty-live dollars ($178,785.) which it promises and obliges itself to pay unto the trustee of the School Fund, on the first day of July A. D. one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one (1930 together with interest on the same at the rate of six per cen-tum per annum to be computed from and after the first day of July A. D. 1906, and to be paid in manner following: The sum of Ten Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-seven dollars and ten cents as and for interest on the first day of July A. D. 1907, and the like sum of Ten Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-seven dollars and ten cents as and for interest on the first day of July in each and every year there-after while the principal debt remains unpaid. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 49 OF PIDILIC REVENUE. Dated at Dover, the day of A. D. 1906. Witness the Great Seal of the said State and the hands of the Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer, the day and year aforesaid. Governor. Sec'y of State. State Treasurer. (Great Seal.) The said bond shall be signed by the Governor, Secretary Bond, by whom of State and State Treasurer; shall have the Great Seal affixed ne id and to thereto, and shall be dated on the day of its execution; when delivered' duly executed it shall be delivered to the trustee of the School Fund who shall file his receipt therefor with the Secretary of State, and that officer shall cause such receipt to be duly recorded in the official register of his office. Section 3. That the faith of the State be and it is hereby Public faith expressly pledged for the full payment of the moneys repre- Pledged' sented by said bond, principal and interest; and the said 1)011d Bonds the -:nd the moneys thereby secured are hereby expresslySpcro hopoe rtyF uo/rid. declared to be the property of the said School Fund. Section 4. That the interest on said bond shall be paid Interest on accordingly to its tenor by the State Treasurer out of any ndoihniro unappropriated moneys in the Treasury; and that officer is be Paid' likewise directed to pay to the trustee of the School Fund the interest on the same. Approved, April 3, A. D. 1905. 4 50 57 000 appro-priated to Hospital at Fanillurst for 1905-6. $57,o00 appro-priated to Hospital at Farnhurst for 1906-7. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 20. OF PUBLIC REVD:NT:F.. LAWS OF DELAWARE. AN ACT appropriating One Hundred and Vourteen Thousand Dollars to "The State Board of Trustees of the Delaware State Hospital at Fern-hurst". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives e/ the State a/Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Fifty-seven Thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropri-ated 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 Del-aware State Hospital at Farnhurst" during the fiscal year ending on Monday next immediately preceding the second Tuesday of January in the year A. D. 1906. Section 2. That the further and additional sum of Fifty-seven Thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be nec-essary, be and the same is hereby appropriated and authorized to be paid out of the Treasury of this State, to "The State Board of Trustees of the Delaware State Hospital at Farn-burst" for the use and support of "The Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst" during the fiscal year ending on Monday next immediately preceding the second Tuesday of January in the year, A. D. 1907. Approved, March 2 , A. D. 1905. FLAWS OF DELAWARE. 51 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 2 I. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to Provide for the Redemption of the "Delaware State Hospital Improvement Bonds", issued in accordance with the Act of the General Assembly passed May 8, 1895, and making the necessary appropriations therefor. Whereas, The General Assembly by an Act passed on May Preamble. 8, 1895, authorized the issue of thirty-five bonds of the State of Delaware, of the denomination of One Thousand dollars each, numbered from i to 35 inclusive, and to be known as "Delaware State Hospital Improvement Bonds." "The prin-cipal of said bonds to be payable on the first clay of July A. D. 1915, at the Farmers' Bank at Wilmington on presentation and surrender of the said bonds, but the same or any part thereof may be redeemed at the option of the State on any first day of January or first clay of July in or after the year A. D. 1906, upon thirty clays notice published in one newspaper in the City of Philadelphia and in one newspaper in the State of Delaware" as therein provided, therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby state Treasurer authorized, empowered and directed to redeem the said "Del- raeuAleleonrlizeeedr:aoin aware State Hospital Improvement Bonds" issued under the Eeolsapl'isarie State provisions of Chapter 182, Volume 20, Laws of Delaware' Improv ementBonds. and passed on May 8, A.D. 1895, said Bonds being numbered from I to 35, both inclusive, on the first clay of January A. D. 1906, or on any first clay of January or first clay of July there-after, in accordance with the provisions of said Act. Section 2. That for this purpose the sum of Thirty-five $*000 appro. Thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriatedout rnr:oateeittco, Taw of any money, at said dates, in the Sinking Fund or the Gen- redemption. .eral Fund not otherwise appropriated which may be available. Section 3. That all bonds redeemed under the provisions iCancellation of of this Act together with all the unmatured coupons attached reIesms°ed. 5 2 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. thereto shall be cancelled in the manner provided by Section 5, of Chapter 182, Volume 20, Laws of Delaware. Approved, April 3, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 22. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT appropriating certain money out of the State Treasury of this State, to pay the claim of Clarke and McDaniel for Stationery and Sup-plies. Be it enacted by The Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Claim of Section t. That the sum of Twelve Hundred and Thirty- $1239.84 Clarke & McDaniel for nine dollars and Eighty-four cents ($1239.84) be and the stattonery and supplies for Same is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of this State General for the purpose of paying the claim of Clarke and McDaniel Assembly. for stationery and supplies, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same. Approved, February 28, A. D. 1905,. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 53 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 23. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT appropriating certain money out of the Treasury of this State to pay the claim of Dr. Henry Marshall for twenty professional visits and inoculating eight hundred and forty-six head of horses and cattle. 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 "Three Hundred and Thirty $3rdi3to4e dollars and Seventy cents ($330.70" be and the same is .i.g.a rsha:r1l foernrY hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of this State for the saenrgaexin purpose of paying the claim of Dr. Henry Marshall for contagion. services rendered in making twenty professional visits and inoculating eight hundred and forty-six head of horses and cattle, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same. Approved, March 2, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 24. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT appropriating certain money out of the State Treasury to pay the claim of J. R. Kuhns, V. B. for professional services. 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 Seventy-one dollars ($71.00) $71.tobepaid be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of the State for the purpose of paying the claim of J. R. Kuhns, gcrictliaotnithrax V.S. for services rendered in making eleven professional calls and holding two post-mortems, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same. Approved, March 9, A. D. 1905. 54 LAWS OP DELAWARE.. $1219.50 to be paid Dr. J. R. Kuhns for ser-vices in anthrax contagion. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 25. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to appropriate certain money out of the State Treasury. to pay the claim of Dr. J. R. Kuhns and Dr. H. B. McDowell for inoculating twenty-seven hundred and ten head of horses and cattle. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of thee State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Twelve Hundred and Nine-- teen dollars and Fifty cents ($1219.50) be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of the State for the purpose of paying the claim of Dr. J. R. Kuhns and Dr. H. B. McDowell for inoculating twenty-seven hundred and ten head of horses and cattle at forty-five cents per head, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the-same. Approved, March 10, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 26. OP PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT appropriating certain money out of the State Treasury of this State to pay the claim of john Behen, Jr. & Co., for fuel. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: (Jahn for fuel Section 1. That the sum of Two Hundred and Nineteen: furnished by John Behen, Jr, dollars ($219.00) is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury.. & Co, of this State for the purpose of paying the claim of John' Behen, Jr. & Co., for fuel, and the State Treasurer is, hereby/ authorized and directed to pay the same: Approved, March 16, A. D. 1905, LAWS OF DELAWARE. 55 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 27. OP PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT appropriating certain money out of the State Treasury of this State to pay the claim of George W. Baker for fuel. 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 Three Hundred and Ninety Appropriation dollars and Eighty-one cents ($390.81) is hereby appropriated fiyaelcetor. Geo. out of the Treasury of this State of the purpose of paying the claim of George W. Baker for fuel, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same. Approved, March 16, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 28. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to appropriate certain money out of the State Treasury to pay the claim of Andrew S. Eliason, Blies N. Moore and Benjamin A. Groves, County School Commissioners for Now Castle County, for services ren-dered the State in the building and repairing of School Houses for Col-ored Children in New Castle County. 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 Four Hundred and Fifty dol- 15o to be paid lars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the State '''Indrew S; EU' Treasury for the purpose of paying the claim of Andrew S. Pgl'eERIS Eliason, Elias N. Moore and Benjamin A. Groves, for ser- Groves or rendered the State in building and repairing twenty-two evi octoe sr ebdu si lel! on gi school houses for colored children in New Castle county dur- houses. ing the last six years. Approved, March 2 I , A. D. 1905. 56 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 29. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT authorizing the State Treasurer of the State of Delaware to pay Stansbury J. Wheatley, late Prothonotary of Sussex County., for certain Volumes of Laws of Delaware, furnished- the Legislative Sessions of 1001 and 1903. Preamble. Whereas, Stansbury J. Wheatley, the then prothonotary of Sussex County, by virtue of resolution adopted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assem-bly of the State of Delaware, at the sessions thereof held in the years 1901 and 1903 respectively, supplied the House of Representatives with 35 copies of 'Volume 19, 4 copies of Volume 20, and 15 copies of Voulme 21, Laws of Delaware, and the Senate with 31 copies of Volume 20 and 21 copies of Volume 21 Laws of Delaware, for which he has received no compensation, but for which he will have to account to the State Treasurer; therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: .1214 toWheatley he paid Section 1. That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby 5. J. for copies of authorized and directed to pay to Stansbury J. \Vheatley, the Laws furnished Legislature. sum of Two Hundred and rourteen dollars in payment for 107 copies of the Laws of Delaware supplied the Legislature at the sessions thereof in the years 1901 and 1903, by virtue of resolutions of the respective Houses thereof. Section 2. That this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act. Approved, April 3, A. D. 1905. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 57 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 3o. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT authorizing the State Treasurer to deposit to the credit of the School Commissioners of District No. 149 in Kent County, for the use of the District, certain moneys to which the said District is entitled under the apportionment of school dividends. Whereas, The school officers in District No. 149 in Kent Preamble. County failed, during the years 1902 and 1903, to comply with the school law,in neglecting to levy and collect the taxes and keep their school open the required number of days, and by reason of said non-compliance with the law, no dividend was allowed or deposited to the credit of said District for the said school years; And Whereas, The people of said District at the stated Preamble. election in 1904 levied and collected the fifty dollar tax as required by law, and have opened their school, believing the State will allow said District the sum equal to the annual .dividend; Now Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of thc State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby state Treasurer authorized, empowered and directed to deposit in the ea it act !lotrlsacebdo tool Farmers' Bank to the credit of the School Commissioners 2eisrntouray, now holding office as School Commissioners in District No. $31947. 149 in Kent County, for the use of the District, as by law di-rected. the sum of Two Hundred and Nineteen dollars and Seventeen cents ($219.17) out of any money now being in his hands as State Treasurer. Section 2. That the said sum of Two Hundred and Nine- Fund appropri-teen dollars and Seventeen cents, be and the same is hereby Cnie°ral ;fund. expressly appropriated and set apart out of any moneys now being in the hands of the State Treasurer, for the purposes mentioned in Section i of this Act. Section 3. This Act shall be taken and deemed to be a public Act. Approved, March 14, A. D. 1905. Preamble. Said fund appropriated out of General Fund. use of the District the sum of Two Hundred and Nineteen dollars and Seventy cents ($219.70) out of any moneys now being in his hands as State Treasurer. Section 2. That the said sum of Two Hundred and Nine-teen dollars and Seventy cents be and the same is hereby expressly appropriated and set apart out of any moneys now being in the hands of the State Treasurer for the purposes mentioned in Section 1 of this Act. Section 3. This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act. Approved, March 2, A, D. I 905. 58 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 31. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT authorizing the State Treasurer to pay over to the School Com-missioners of District Number 98, in Sussex County, for the use of the District, certain moneys to which said District is entitled under the ap-portionment of School Dividends. Preamble. Whereas, By the neglect and refusal of the Clerk of School District Number 98 in Sussex County to submit the accounts of said District to the State Auditor no dividend was allowed or paid said District for the year 1904; Preamble. And Whereas, The said Clerk of said District Number 98. in Sussex County, through malice and pique made no attempt to collect the tax; And Whereas, The people of said District have levied the amount of tax required by law to be levied, and are conduct-ing the school, believing the State will allow said District the sum equal to the annual dividend; Wow therefore, be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-resentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: State Treasurer Section I.. That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to pay School authorized, empowered and directed to pay over to the District No. 9S, Sussex County., School Commissioners now holding office as School Com-school chvidend lost by failure illiSSi0/1CPS of District Number 98 in Sussex County, for the of clerk to make settle-tnent with State Auditor. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 59 OF' PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 32. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to amend Chapter 281, Volume 19, Laws of Delaware entitled "An Act to encourage Horticulture" passed at Dover May 14, 1891, by increasing the annual appropriation to be paid to the Peninsula Horti-cultural Society. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section I. That Chapter 281, Volume 19, Laws of Del- Chapter 28!, aware, entitled "An Act to Encourage Horticulture" passed amended 9 at Dover, May 14, 1891, be and the same is hereby amended I"c""i"g" by striking out the word "three" in the first line of Section of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "five." Approved, April 6, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 33. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT appropriating Five hundred dollars to defray expenses of heat-ing, lighting and repairing the State House. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That there is hereby annually appropriated out $.5oo for heat ing, of any moneys in the General Fund not otherwise appropri- irTphatilg;nd ated, the sum of Five Hundred dollars, or so much thereof as State House. may be necessary, to defray the expenses for heating, lighting and repairing the State House; and that the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to pay all bills for said expenses of heat, light and repairs upon order of the State Librarian. Approved, March 16, A. D. 1905 6o LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 34. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to provide for the Re-payment to the Levy Court Commission-ers of New Castle County certain money paid to the State of Delaware under the Adams Tax Law. Whereas, Pursuant to the provisions and requirements of Section ii, of Chapter 25, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, being "An Act to Equalize Taxation for State and County purposes" sundry sums of money aggregating Three Thou-sand Two Hundred and Seventy-two dollars and Ninety-six cents ($3272.96) were paid by the Receiver of Taxes of New Castle County to the State Treasurer for the use of the State of Delaware and same being one-third of the amount of taxes levied and collected on investments under the said Act; and Whereas, The Couris of the State of Delaware have declar-ed the said Law to be unconstitutional and therefore null and void; and Whereas, The Levy Court Commissioners of New Castle County have refunded to the respective tax-payers the respec-tive amounts paid by them under and pursuant to the said law; therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep escntatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly mct : Appropriation That the said State Treasurer be and is hereby directed to to re-imburse Sussex County. pay to the Levy Court Commissioners of New Castle County the sum of Three Thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-two dollars and Ninety-six cents ($3272.96) out of any funds in his hands not otherwise appropriated. Approved, April 3, A. D. 1905. Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 61 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 35. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. "AN ACT to re-imburse the National Guard for certain moneys paid into the State Treasury." Whereas, In the mustering out of the First Delaware Vol- Preamble. unteer Infantry after the war with Spain,there were certain damages done to the Armory and furniture of the First Delaware Volunteer Infantry, in the City of Wilmington, Delaware, Whereas, The Adjutant General of the State of Delaware Preamble. made demand upon the Quartermaster General of the United States Army for re-imbursement for such damage, Whereas, Walter S. Alexander, First Lieutenant, Fourth Preamble. United States Artillery, A. A. Q. M., was appointed by Major E. A. Van Andrus, chief mustering officer for Delaware Vol-unteers, to make an inspection of the Armory and its furniture, and submit the result thereof, and an estimate of damages and deterioration, Whereas, Walter S. Alexander reported to the said Major Preamble. E. A. Van Andrus, the amount of such damage was six hun-dred and twenty-five dollars and eighty-five cents, Whereas, The Treasurer of the United States under date of Preamble. September iith 1902,drew his WarWarrant No. 2061 for the sum of six hundred and twenty-five dollars and eighty-five cents, which said sum was paid to the Treasurer of the State of Delaware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds oj each House concurring therein.) Section i. That the State Treasurer pay the said sum of Stale Treasurer six hundred and twenty-five dollars and eighty-five cents tr°Itinf°Cowv:tr" upon the warrants of the Governor of the State of Delaware eiaj°,26,f5'85' to the said State Treasurer, said warrants to be drawn by him General. to the order of the Adjutant General of the State of Delaware, S 62 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Adjutant Gen-eral to apply to be applied by the Adjutant General in payment of the funds. losses and damages appearing in the report of Walter S. Alexander, First Lieutenant, Fourth United States Artillery, A. A. Q. M., amounting to the said sum of six hundred and twenty-five dollars and eighty-five cents. Approved, April 3, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 36. Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. Pt eamble. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT appropriating certain money out of the State Treasury to pay for the Construction of certain roads under the Provisions of the Good Roads Act. Whereas, Acting under the provisions of Chapter 380, Vol-ume 22, Laws of Delaware being "An Act to Provide for the Permanent Improvement of the Public Highways in the State of Delaware" contracts were entered into, by and be-tween the Levy Court of New Castle County and Stewart & Donohoe for the construction and improvement of a portion of the roads between Elsmere and Marshallton and between Middletown and Odessa; and Whereas, The applications, specifications and contracts for the improvement to both of the said roads were approved by all the members of the State Highway Commission and the Levy Court of New Castle County; and Whereas, The said Act provides for a payment by the State of one-half of the cost of the roads constructed or improved under its provisions, but it being contended that the Act appropriating money to carry out the provisions of the said Good Roads Act does not conform or harmonize with that Act; and Whereas, the question as to the lack of conformity or har-mony between the two Acts was not raised until after the said LAWS OF DELAWARE. 63 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. contracts and roads had been made and completed in good faith; and Whereas, There remains and is due and unpaid to the said Preamble. contractors on account of the one-half of the contract price of the Elsmere road a balance of Two Hundred and Fifty-three dollars and Fifty-one cents ($253.51) and Six Hundred and Seventy-seven dollars and Fifty-six cents ($677.56), which represents one-half of the five per cent of the contract price of the Elsmere road required by the said Good Roads Act to be retained for one year, and on account of the Middletown and Odessa road Nine Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty-seven dollars and Fifty cents ($9,737.50), being one-half of Ninety-five per cent of the contract price, and Five Hundred and Twelve dollars and Fifty cents ($512.50), being one-half of the five per cent of the contract price, required by the said Good Roads Act to be retained for one year. all of which making a total of Eleven Thousand One Hundred and Eighty-one dollars and Seven cents ($11,181.07); and Whereas, There reverted to the State Treasury an unap- Preamble. propriated balance of Thirty-six Thousand Five Hundred and Eighteen dollars and Twenty-five cents ($36,518.25) of the appropriations made by the last General Assembly to carry out the provisions of the said Act to provide for the permanent improvement of the public highways; now there-fore Be 11 enacted by Me Senate and House of Refireseulalives of the Slale of Delaware in General Assembly met. Section t. That the sum of Eleven Thousand One Hun- $11.1St.o7 to be dred and Eighty-one Dollars and Seven Cents ($11,181.07) Filoi,,Viotte';;1prot, he and the same is hereby appropriated to pay Stewart ccoernTiltlions. Donahoe, the said contractors, and the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to pay the amount so appro-priated to the said contractors on a warrant or warrants drawn by the Levy Court of New Castle County out of any moneys in the Treasury to the credit of the General Fund not otherwise appropriated "when and as soon as the Su-perior Court of the State of Delaware renders a decision to the effect that under the law above referred to, New Castle County would under any conditions, provided in the said Act 64 LAWS OF DELAWARE OF PUBLIC REVENUE. be entitled to more than one-third of the total appropriation made by the General Assembly to carry out the provisions. of the said Act." State Treasurer Section 2. The State Treasurer is hereby authorizect authorized t take necessaro y and directed to take such steps as may be necessary either rirPisiitaV/ alone or co-operating with Hamilton Stewart and Michael State. Donahoe, trading as Stewart & Donahoe, the contractors above referred to, to obtain from the Superior Court of the State of Delaware an interpretation of the law above referred to, and a decision as to the right of any one County to claim more than one-third of the total appropriations made by the last General Assembly to carry out the provisions of the said "Act to Provide for the Permanent Improvement of the Pub-lic Highways in the State of Delaware." Approved, April 3, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 37. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT in relation to all money appropriated by the State for Contm-gent Funds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: State Treasurer Secton I. That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized annoyt tcoo nptaiyn goeunt t and directed to keep and retain in the State Treasury any and fuupnodn t. Tegn 5. all monies appropriated by the State, to or for the contingent fund of any State Officer or State Board, until a warrant or warrants and voucher or vouchers shall be presented to him as hereinafter provided. Section 2. That when any money shall be due any person, firm, or corporation, for the furnishing of goods, wares or LAWS OF DELAWARE. 65 OP PUBLIC REVENUE. merchandise, or the doing of any work or labor, upon the contract or order of any State Officer or State Board (and which ought to be paid for out of his or its annual contingent fund) it shall be the duty of the State Treasurer, upon the presentment to him of an itemized bill for the same, approved Warrant with in writing by the State Auditor and the State Officer or ai twriozgdbily1 , Board which contracted for the same, together with a war- oi.lee Auditor, drawn on the State Treasurer signed by said officer or Sblieefftao re paymentrant Board,to examine every such bill, and,if he is satisfied with Treasurer. the correctness thereof, to pay the same out of the annual contingent fund, then in the Treasury, appropriated to and for the State Officer or Board, which contracted for the said articles furnished or work done. Upon the payment of any money, as provided in this Act, by the State Treasurer, he File andp bill, re-setcr. vUe pon shall file and preserve in his office every such bill and warrant e presented to him as aforesaid. payment. Section 3. That the State Treasurer shall not pay any such bill and warrant as is mentioned in this Act, when there is no money or monies sufficient, appropriated to the contin-gent fund out of which the same ought to be paid. Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately; and all laws, acts, or parts of laws or acts inconsistent with the pro-visions thereof are hereby repealed. Approved, March 23, A. D. 1905. 5 State Treasurer not to pay such bill when con-tingent fund exhausted. Act to take effect immedi-ately. 66 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE LEVY COURT. CHAPTER 38. OE THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT in relation to the Levy Court of New Castle County. Whereas, The General Assembly has_passed an act entitl-ed : "An Act Appropriating- Certain Money out of the State Treasury to pay for the Construction of a.certain road under the Provisions of the Good Roads Act" and the appropria-tion in said Act being conditioned upon the Superior Court of the State of Delaware deciding in favor of New Castle County a certain provision in the act entitled: "An Act to Provide for the Permanent Jinprovement of the Public High-ways in the State of Delaware:" now therefore Be ii enaded by Ihe Senale and House of Re.firesentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Levy court to Section I. That if the said Superior Court decides the rsateyw cnlattim & of provision of the said Good Roads act against New Castle Donoboe,when. County, the Levy Court of New Castle County be and is hereby authorized and empowered to pay to the said Stewart and Donahoe the amount remaining due to them by and under the terms of the contracts existing be-tween them and the said Levy Court and approved by the State Highway Commission. Approved, April 6, A. D. 1905. LAWS OR DELAWARE. 67 OP THE LEVY COURT. CHAPTER 39. OF THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT to amend "An Act Relating to the Salaries of Levy Court Com-missioners for New Castle County". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reibresentatives of the Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met Section i. That Section i of Chapter 276, Volume 22, Section t. Volume 22, 22;:5, Laws of Delaware, being An Act Relating to the Salaries of Levy Court Commissioners for New Castle County", be raiTeldsealatr°y and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word rgia,tViey. -quarterly" in the third line and inserting in lieu thereof the word "monthly", and by striking out the word "Three" in the same line and inserting in lieu the word "One." Section 2. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 2, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 40. OF THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT authorizing the Levy Court of New Castle County to pay to the "Homeopathic Hospital Association" of the City of Wilmington, a Cor-poration of the State of Delaware, a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars in any- one year for the care and support, nursing, medical and surgical treatment of certain persons who would otherwise become a charge on said County. Whereas, The Homeopathic Hospital Association, a Cor- Preamble. poration of the State of Delaware, has established and main-tained for the past fourteen years a Hospital in the City of Wilmington and State of Delaware, wherein sick, infirm, injured or diseased persons are supported and nursed and receive medical and surgical treatment, and has also estab-lished and maintained a free dispensary; And Whereas, A great number of the sick and injured Preamble patients so cared for by said Corporation come from the 63 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE LEVY COURT. County of -New Castle and would necessarily be a charge on the public authorities so cared for; Preamble Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. Pteamble. Preamble. Pteamble, Homeopathic Hospital Asso-ciation to be paid for care of certain per-sons by Levy Court of New Castle county. And Whereas, Free service is given to those unable to pay for the same; And Whereas, The County of New Castle is prohibited by the express terms of the Constitution from making ap-propriation to private Corporations; And Whereas, The demand on the Hospital for free service from patients received from New Castle County, who would otherwise have to be cared for by the public authorities have so increased its work that the expenses greatly exceed its income; And Whereas, The work accomplished by the Corpora-tion has been carried on principally by charitable bequests and legacies and by voluntary contributions from private persons; And Whereas, Unless relief is given the Hospital will be compelled to curtail its work and refuse free service in excess of its income; And Whereas, The Levy Court of New Castle County recognizing the value of the Hospital, formerly appropriated Five Hundred dollars annually for its support; And Whereas, The General Assembly recognizing the im-portance of the work performed, and desirous of giving prop-er encouragement to said efforts to do good, and believing that the public authorities should in justice pay for the work performed in behalf of the tax payers, and for the cost of which they are relieved and so benefitted; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the Levy Court of New Castle County be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to pay to the Homeopathic Hospital Association of the City of Wilming-ton, the sum of One dollar and twenty-five cents per day, for the care and support, nursing, medical and surgical treat-ment of each of such persons sent to and received in said LAWS OP DELAWARE. 69 OF THE LEVY COURT. Hospital from the County of New Castle, who would in their judgment, if not so received and cared for, be a charge on said County of New Castle, provided, however, that in no Limit of sum event shall a greater sum than Five Hundred dollars be paid spoertoanbentpmat.c1 in any one year to the said The Homeopathic Hospital As-sociation. Approved, March 16, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 41. OF THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT authorizing the Levy Court of New Castle County to pay to the Delaware Hospital in the City of Wilmington a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars, in any one year, for the care and support, nursing, medical and surgical treatment of certain persons who would otherwise become a charge on said County. Whereas, The Delaware Hospital, a Corporation of the Preamble. State of Delaware, has established and maintained for the past fourteen years a Hospital in the City of Wilmington and State of Delaware, wherein sick, infirm, injured or diseased persons are supported and nursed and receive medical and surgical treatment, and has also established and maintained a free dispensary; And Whereas, A great number of the sick and injured Preamble. patients so cared for by said Corporation come from the County of New Castle and would necessarily be a charge on the public authorities unless so cared for; And Whereas, Free service is given to those unable to pay Preamble. for the same; And Whereas, The County of New Castle is prohibited by Preamble. the express terms of the Constitution from making appro-priation to private Corporations; LAWS OF DELAWARE. OV THE LEVY COURT. And Whereas, The demand on the Hospital for free service from patients received from New Castle County, who would otherwise have to be cared for by the public authorities, have so increased its work: that the expenses greatly exceed its income; And Whereas, The work accomplished by the Corporation has been carried on principally by charitable bequests and legacies and by voluntary contributions from private per-sons; Preamble. And Whereas, Unless relief is given the Hospital will be compelled to curtail its work and refuse free service in ex-cess of its income; And Whereas, The Levy Court of New Castle -County recognizing the value of the Hospital, formerly appropriated Five Hundred dollars annually for its support; Preamble. And 'Whereas, The General Assembly recognizino. the im-portance of the work performed, and desirous of giving proper encouragement to said efforts to do good, and be-lieving that the public authorities should in justice pay for the work performed in behalf of the tax payers, and for the cost of which they are relieved and so benefited; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives- of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: nelawarc Section t. That the Levy Court of New Castle County rrtaclatroe bo7 pal be and it is hereby authorized and empowered to pay to the certain persons by Levy Court Delaware Hospital a Corporation of the State of Delaware, of New Castle County. located in the City of Wilmington, the sum of One dollar and twenty-five cents -per day, for the care and support, nurs-ing, medical and surgical treatment of each of such persons sent to and received in said Hospital from the County of New Castle, who would in their judgment, if not so received and cared for, be a charge on said County of New Castle, Limit of sum provided, however, that in no event shall a greater sum than to be paid per annum. Five Hundred dollars be paid in any one year to the said The Delaware Hospital. Approved, March 16, A. D. 1905. Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE LEVY COURT. CHAPTER 42. Or THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT to authorize the Levy Court of New Castle County to pay for the maintenance of persons. committed to the Delaware Industrial School for Girls. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met; (two-thirds of all the members of each House of Me General Assembly concur-ring therein) Section 1. That the Levy Court of New Castle County Levy Court of orclentCyasatule is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the Delaware uw thor- Industrial School for Girls, a corporation of the State of inzlethithT°aeY,ac ef"of Delaware, on the first day of each month, the sum of twenty- fie,Welitalrrs five cents per day for the maintenance and instruction, of each person now in said school committed to the custody of Girt said corporation by any Court, Judge or Justice of the Peace, in New Castle County, or who may hereafter be so com-mitted, upon receiving from the Superintendent and Treas-urer of the corporation a certificate of the number of persons so committed, who were in the said school during the pre-ceding month, and the number of days the persons so com-mitted were in said school, during the preceding month. Approved, March 27, A. D. 1905. 72 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE LEVY COURT. CHAPTER 43. Chapter 275, Volume 22, repealed. Preamble. Preamble. OF THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT to repeal Chapter 275 of Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, entitled "An Act authorizing the Levy Court Commissioners of New Castle Coun-ty to refund the "New Castle County Workhouse Loan."? Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section I. That Chapter 275 of Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, April 3, A. D. i9o5. CHAPTER 44. OF THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT authorizing the Levy Court Commissioners of New Castle Coun-ty to refund the Beventy-flve Thousand Dollar Loan created by author-ity of Chapter 141, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware. Whereas, by an Act of the Legislature, approved at Dover March 2, A. D. 1901, the Levy Court of New Castle County was authorized and directed to borrow upon the credit of the County, not exceeding in the aggregate, Seventy-five Thou-sand dollars, for the purpose of completing the New Castle County Workhouse; and Wherezts, pursuant to the provisions of said Act the amount of Seventy-five thousand dollars was borrowed upon the credit of said county and bonds of the County issued for that amount; and LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE LEVY COURT. 73 Whereas, by reason of an error or omission in the said Preamble. Acts in not providing some specific time when the said bonds would mature, the said bonds could not be made payable at the time intended by the said Board of Trustees, to wit, twenty years from the date of the said bonds; and Whereas, it is deemed advisable by the said Board of Preamble. Trustees that the said bonds should be refunded and a new loan issued; now therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives the State of Delaware in General Assembly net: Section 1. That for the purpose of refunding the Seventy-live Thousand dollar loan for the completion of the New 14.eevjEaosu, fet of Castle County Workhouse created by authority' of Chapter aoetAng 141 Volume 22 Laws of Delaware, the Levy Court of New rme, untel u e w Castle County is hereby authorized and directed to borrow Castle .CHISe County v K/I upon the credit of the said County, the sum of Seventy-five L:arn. Thousand dollars, and for such purpose shall issue certificates of indebtedness of such denomination and in such form as by cigri g[ the said Levy Court may be deemed most expedient. Such indebtedness. certificates shall bear date first day of July 1905, and shall be when to be payable at the expiration of twenty years from the date there- date d ,of, and shall bear interest at the rate of four per centum per Rate per cent. annum, payable semi-annually on the first days of January per annum. and July in each year. This loan shall be known as and Known as New form part_ of the "New Castle County Workhouse Loan", VioStrIg'Y and each certificate shall bear upon its face the words "For Loa". the completion of the New Castle County Workhouse". This loan shall be kept separate and distinct from all other indebtedness of the County for the purpose of identification and liquidation as hereinafter provided. The money realized Fund arising from the sale of the said certificates shall be paid to the said 17 i d tn; n otro-et CI I Board of Trustees, and the said Board of Trustees shall out of tilethe money realized from the sale of the said certificates Workhouse. redeem the present outstanding loan of Seventy-five Thou-sand dollars issued under the authority of Chapter 141 Vol-ume 22 Laws of Delaware, and shall have authority to com-mute the premiums paid in the purchase of the said present outstanding loan, the certificates of which shall be upon their redemption, cancelled and deposited with the Comptroller of New Castle County. of Bond and in-terest, where payable. Board of Trus-tees to create a Sinking Fund. Preamble Ptertmble Section 2. The said bonds, principal and interest shall be payable when due under the provisions of this Act, at the Farmers' Bank at Wilmington, Delaware, out of money from time tO time appropriated for that purpose by the said Board of Trustees of the New Castle County Workhouse. The said Board is hereby authorized and directed to pay the in-terest on the said bonds to the said Farmers' Bank at Wil-mington, when and as the same shall become due. For the purpose of liquidating the said loan, the Board of Trustees of the New Castle County Workhouse, is directed to create out of the net earnings of the Workhouse, a Sinking Fund, which is to be used for the express purpose of paying off the said loan of Seventy-five Thousand dollars at maturity. Approved, April 3, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 45. OF' THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT authorizing and directing the Levy Court of New Castle County to borrow on the Credit of the County certain emus of money not ex-ceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars in order to provide for the ad-ditions to the Now Castle County Workhouse. Whereas on account of the increased number of prisoners now in the New Castle County Workhouse and the growing demands made upon said Institution it has become necessary to erect additional buildings and to place additional cells in said Workhouse. And Whereas in order to carry into effect said needed improvements it is necessary that authority be given the Levy Court of New Castle County to borrow an additional sum of _money. 74 LAWS OF' DELAWARE; OF THE LEVY COURT. 'ARE; LAWS OF DELAWARE. 11 be Therefore be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refi-the resentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly rom met mai The in- Vii-the S of out ;aid Section 1. The Levy Court of New Castle County is Levy EV of hereby authorized and directed to borrow on the credit of the Countyato lor-rsotiivusnoefemssoanr4 county, in order to provide for the additions to the New Castle County Workhouse,- such sum or sums of money as may be necessary, and as may be directed by the said Board cLirirhCootiusen.ty of Trustees of the New CastleCounty Workhouse, in addition to the sum of One Hundred and Seventy-five Thousand dol-lars heretofore directed to be borrowed under the Act enti-tled An Act"To establish the New Castle County Workhouse and the Act entitled An Act to provide for the completion of the New Castle County Workhouse, provided, that the said sum hereby authorized and directed to be borrowed shall not gournggrubo? exceed in the aggregate the sum of one Hundred Thousand Poo,000. to exceed dollars, and for such purpose, shall issue Certificates of in-debtedness, of such denomination and in such form as by the Form of fond. said Levy Court may be most expedient. Such certificates shall bear date first day of July 1905. They shall be payable on the first day of July 1930. They shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four per centum per annum, payable semi-annually on the first clay of January and July in each year. This loan shall be known as and form part of the New 11,ifet,o,,mothe Castle County Workhouse Loan. Each certificate shall bear County Work-house upon its fact* the words "Loan for the additions to the New Loan. Castle County Workhouse". This Loan, together with the One hundred and Seventy-five Thousand Dollar Loan afore-said shall be kept separate and distinct from all other in-debtedness of the county, for the purpose of indentification. All money realized from the sale of the said certificates shall gotissgtit be paid to the said Board of Trustees, and by them shall be von..73.14j,0 applied toward paying for the additions and furnishing of the tee's aforesaltr. said Workhouse. "The said Board is hereby authorized and directed to pay the interest on the said bonds to the Farmers' Bank at Wilmington, when and as the same shall become due." Approved, April 3, A. D. 1905. *SD Enrolled. OF THE LEVY COURT. 75 76 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF ASSESSORS. CHAPTER 46. OF ASSESSORS. AN ACT to exempt certain lands and tenements of all non-sectarian, charitable Young Women's Christian Associations, from taxation for County purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Property of Section 1. That lands and tenements of the value of W charitable Young. ont - Twenty-five Thousand dollars owned by any corporation or eAns's (ingaenx. association maintained by charity in this State, which are empt from used wholly or in part by non-sectarian, Charitable Young taxation. Women's Christian Associations, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be exempt from all taxes, assessments, burdens or impositions for County purposes. Section 2. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, March 9, A. D. 1905. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF ASSESSORS. CHAPTER 47. Or ASSESSORS. AN ACT to exempt certain lands and tenements of all Charitable Day Nurseries for Babies, from Taxation for County purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section I. That the lands and tenements to the value of Property of Twenty-five thousand dollars owned by any corporation or ago rrsi et ern fDoar y association maintained by charity in this State, and used aprobmiersorannat wholly or in part as Day Nurseries for Babies, shall be and the same are hereby declared to be exempt from all taxes, as-sessments, burdens or impositions whatsoever for county purposes. Section 2. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent here-with are hereby repealed. Approved, March 9, A. D. 1905. 17 7.8 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF ASSESSORS. CHAPTER 48. OF ASSESSORS. AN ACT to Amend Chapter 282, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, in Rela-tion to Assessors. Chapter 282, Volume 22, amended, making salary monthly. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Stale of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That Section 2 of Chapter 282, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word "quarterly" in the fifth line of said Sec-tion and inserting in lieu thereof the word "monthly." Section 2. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, March 30, A. D. 1905. CHAPTER 49. OP ASSESSORS. AN ACT to change the time of making assessments in Bent County, re-turning of same to the Levy Court, to change the time of appeals and of issuing duplicate and warrants to collectors. Preanthk. Whereas under the law, assessments are required to be made before the first day of January of the year in which said assessments are applicable, and Preamble. Whereas many changes of property and of residence are made on or about January of each year, and rreanible. Whereas having said assessments made before the said first day of January in any year is not and cannot be a correct LAWS OF DELAWARE. 7.9 OF ASSESSORS. assessment of the property and persons of the Districts which it purports to represent, on account of said removals and changes, therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Sec. 1. That on and after the passage of this Act Assessment to it shall be lawful for the Assessors elected at any regular t13, erne na nbeisi election held in Kent County for the election of State and and Feb. 15th. 'County officers, or appointed under existing laws, to make the general and annual assessments for County purposes be-tween the first day of January and the fifteenth day of Feb-ruary in every year to which such assessment is applicable for the purpose of County taxes for that year. Sec. 2. Every assessor shall complete the assessment of his District by the fifteenth day of February, and within five days thereafter post in five of the most public places in Notice of. the Districts an alphabetical list of the names of persons assessed in that District, with the separate sums of their Real, Personal and Capitation amounts, and their Aggregate: and at the same time and place he shall give notice that he will attend at some public place in said District on the first Mon- When to hear day in March next ensuing from to o'clock A. M. till 5 aggea icsoarirede. o'clock P. M. to hear appeals, correct errors therein, and to Lions. assess persons or property omitted. Sec. 3. The term District as herein used shall be taken Assessmentdis-to mean the whole Representative District, irrespective of the Met, what is. number of Election Districts therein it shall be construed to be one Assessment District, and the alphabetical list thereof shall include the whole of said District. Sec. 4. Each assessor shall return his assessment to rtnrien to and the Levy Court on the Second Tuesday in March and shall TeuUdac'yuititi attend the Court on that day, and on such other clays as the March. Levy Court may require, under a penalty- of Twenty dollars to be recovered by Indictment. Sec. 5. The Levy Court of Kent County shall sit as a Court of Appeals on the second Tuesday in March in every year, and on such other days and times in said Month as it shall be necessary to adjourn to; and shall have all the powers I.evy Court, Court of Ap-peals, when. 8o LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF ASSESSORS. and perform all the duties under this Act as now by law pro- Clerk of Peace vided. The said Levy Court shall on the first Tuesday in to deliver du-plicate of as- May in every year, cause to be issued to the collector of each uessment,when. District a duplicate of the assessment of the District of which he is collector, transcribed and certified by the Clerk of the Peace, with a warrant thereto annexed. Confined to Sec. 6. This Act shall be applicable to Kent County Kent County. only. Sec. 7. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent here-with, are hereby repealed. Approved, March 16, A. D. i9o5. 6 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Si Or ASSESSORS. CHAPTER 50. OF ASSESSORS. AN ACT to Amend Section 19 of Chapter 12 in the Revised Code of the Laws of Delaware in Reference to Certain Duties of the Collectors of the different Hundreds in New Castle County. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rorescntatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section I. That from and after the passage of this Act the of "Collector" of Wilmington Hundred is hereby relieved of r`ell'i ientFiWn the duties provided in Section 19 of Chapter 12 in the Re- certain duty.. wised Code of the L |
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