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LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE
PASSED
AT A SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER
On Tuesday, January 3rd, A. D. 1911
AND
IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE Of THE UNITED
STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY- FIFTH
VOLUME XXVI
THE STAR PRINTING CO.
WILMINGTON, DEL.
1911
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| Title | Laws of the State of Delaware - Volume 26 |
| Date Original | 1911 |
| Description | 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. 1911. Volume XXVI. |
| Creator | Delaware |
| Creator2 | Delaware General Assembly |
| Contributors | Star Printing Co. |
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| Full Text | LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE PASSED AT A SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER On Tuesday, January 3rd, A. D. 1911 AND IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE Of THE UNITED STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH VOLUME XXVI THE STAR PRINTING CO. WILMINGTON, DEL. 1911 LAWS OF DELAWARE TITLE FIRST Of the Jurisdiction and Property of the State; Its Legislation and Laws CHAPTER 1. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. AN ACT proposing an Amendment to Section ro of Article II of the Con-stitution of the State of Delaware, in relation to, the Journals of the Legislature. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (two-thirds of all the members elected to each House agree-ing .thereto) Section 1. That Section 10 of Article II of the Consti-e/1 ctig tution of the State of Delaware be amended by striking out Le amended. all of said Section 10 of Article II, and inserting in lieu thereof the following : "Section 10. Each House shall keep a journal of its roacteielploause proceedings, and publish the same immediately after every ,outgiril9ail a nd session, except such parts as may require secrecy. The same.. 4 LAWS OF DELAWARE. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. Names of names of the members voting for and against any bill or tnembers . voting to be Joint resolution, except in relation to adjournment, shall on entered on Journal. the final vote be entered on the journal ; and the yeas and nays of the members on any question shall, at the desire of No bill. or any member, be entered on the journal. No bill or joint reso-lution, except in relation to adjournment, shall pass either unless final tvaoktee nb be y House unless the final vote shall have been taken by yeas and yeas and nays, nor without the concurrence of a majority of all the nays, nor without con- members elected to each House." currence of a majority Of all the Approved April 13, A. D. 1911. members elected. LAWS OF DELAWARE. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. CHAPTER 2. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. AN ACT to amend Section 19, Article 2, of the Constitution of the State of Delaware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (two-thirds of all the members of each House concurring therein): Section 1. That Section 19, Article 2, of the Constitu-tion of the State of Delaware, be amended by adding to the end thereof the following words "provided, however, that the General Assembly may by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each House pass laws relating to the lay-ing out, opening, alteration or maintenance of any road or highway which forms a continuous road or highway extend-ing through at least a portion of the three counties of the State." Approved March 28, A. D. 1911. 5 Sec. 19, Ar-ticle 2, of the Constitu-tion amend-ed. L. 6 LAWS OF DELAWARE. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. CHAPTER 3. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. AN ACT proposing certain amendments to Article IV of the Constitution of this State, relating to the number of Judges constituting a quorum in the Superior Court, the Court of General Sessions and the Court of Oyer and Terminer, the sessions of said courts, and the distribution of the business therein, respectively. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (two-thirds of all the members elected to each House agree-ing thereto) Sec. 5. Ar- Section I. That Section 5 of Article IV of the Constitu-g= itWohne tion of this State be, and the same is, hereby amended by amended, striking out all of said Section after the first paragraph thereof and substituting therefor the following new para-graph, to-wit : "The said five judges shall designate those of their num-ber who shall hold the said Courts in the several Counties. No more than three of them shall sit together in any of the said Courts. In each of the said Courts the Chief Justice when present shall preside, and in his absence the senior As-sociate Judge present shall preside. One shall constitute a quorum in the said Courts, re-spectively, except in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, where three shall constitute a quorum, and except in the Superior Court sitting to hear appeals from the Orphans' Court or a Register's Court, when two shall constitute a quorum, and except in the Court of General Sessions sitting to try cases of prosecution under Section 8 of Article V of this Constitu-tion or sitting to hear contested applications for license to sell intoxicating liquors, when two shall constitute a quorum. Judges to deolgnate who shall hold court. No more than three to alt. Who shall preside. Quorum. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 7 AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. One judge may open and adjourn any of said Courts." Zeont/Friii court. Section 2. That Article IV of the Constitution of this Article 4 State be, and the same is, hereby amended by striking out all afunirethnedrea'. of Section 6 thereof and substituting therefor the following new Section 6, to wit: "Section 6. Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of Twoi or more this Article, two or more sessions of the Superior Court, or ZeeslleellisaTa3' Court of General Sessions, or one or more sessions of each of same t MC. the said Court, or one Session of the Court of Oyer and Ter-miner and one or two of either, or one of each of the other of the said courts may at the same time be held in the same county or in different counties, and the business in the sev-eral counties may be distributed and apportioned in such manner as shall be provided by the rules of the said courts respectively." Approved March 20, A. D. 1911. 8 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE STATE LIBRARY. CHAPTER 4. OF THE STATE LIBRARY. AN ACT to amend Chapter 6, Volume 17, Laws of Delaware, entitled, "An Act to establish a State Library" by fixing the time during which the Library shall be kept open. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: sec. chap. Section 1. That Section 6, Chapter 6, Volume 17, Laws , a rrwnded. of Delaware, entitled, "An Act to establish a State Library" be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the fig-ures "10" where they occur in the ninth line of said Section and inserting in lieu thereof the figure "9" and by striking out the figure "2" where it occurs in the tenth line of said Section and inserting in lieu thereof the words "half past Words "half past. one- one" and by striking out the figure "4" where it occurs in and "half past four" the tenth line of said Section and inserting in lieu thereof insert..d. the words "half past four." Approved March 16, A. D. 1911. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 9 OF THE STATE LIBRARY. CHAPTER 5. OF THE STATE LIBRARY. AN ACT authorizing the State Librarian to make a Catalogue of the State Library. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rem.esenta-tires of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the State Librarian, be and he is here- Librarian di-by directed and authorized to make a full, complete and corn- im'eacfceedetnota_ prehensive catalogue of the books, pamphlets and documents 105t10. in the Library. That the said catalogue shall be published shall be and printed in pamphlet form for distribution. There shall NIttiebdu faor . be at least six hundred copies printed, two hundred and fifty Number of of which shall be substantially bound ; said printing shall be be done under the provisions of law in relation to State Print-ing, Stationery and Supplies, and shall be under the super- so - vision of the Librarian. nervision of Librarla n. Section 2. That after said catalogue shall have been published as provided in Section 1, it shall be the duty of the tetmollnrlet Supreme Court of the State of Delaware, to examine and ii=1", e'= _ Ilx approve the same and to fix the proper compensation to be "°' paid the Librarian for his services in making said catalogue, and to draw a warrant for the amount of such compensation on the State Treasurer and the State Treasurer is directed state Trolls-to pay said warrant out of the general funds of the State. 1,!c Led Approved March 28, A. D. 1911. 10 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE STATE LIBRARY. CHAPTER 6. OF THE STATE LIBRARY. AN ACT authorizing the State Librarian to receive and preserve all books and pamphlets deposited with him by the Medical Societies of Dela-ware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the State Librarian is hereby author- SULU, Li-ized and directed to receive all books, pamphlets and papers provide deposited with him by the Medical Societies of Delaware, SU Itable aesaisdee' npoard t of and for the purpose of preserving same, he shall set aside 1-'1"" FN. ii hooks and some part of the State Library in which a suitable case shall opfa m111pehd lleeats I be placed for filing said books, pamphlets and papers. Such Societies, books, pamphlets and papers shall be at all times open for the inspection of the public. Approved March 28, A. D. 1911. 1111l1i1C o%te LAWS OF DELAWARE. 11 OF THE STATE HOUSE, LIBRARY AND PUBLIC OFFICES. CHAPTER 7. OF THE STATE HOUSE, LIBRARY AND PUBLIC OFFICES. AN ACT authorizing the Appointment of Janitors for the State House. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. The Governor shall, on the first day of July, Governor to in the year A. D. nineteen hundred and eleven, and every :Mtn/I.:11.nd two years thereafter, appoint two persons, one of whom =istretor shall be known as Janitor for the State House, and the other State House. as Assistant Janitor for the State House, both of whom shall hold office for the term of two years, unless sooner removed by the Governor, or until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Before entering upon their duties the Janitor and Assistant Janitor shall be sworn or affirmed to perform Shan be. the duties of their office with fidelity, and each shall give 84'mmend.°1 - bond in the sum of five hundred dollars, with two sureties, shall give to be approved by the Governor, conditioned for the faithful ob?rsirt,101(;.1 sum performance of the duties incident to their respective of-fices. The oaths or affirmations, and bonds, shall be filed in 1=IsfielA(.1e_ the Office of the Secretary of State. The Janitor now serv- tary of State. ing shall continue in office until the said first day of July, A. ij'asillTot',1.njo D. 1911, and the Governor shall, upon the approval of this ifleed t'oe haOlICI°o1 Act, appoint the Assistant Janitor to hold office until said Nant.11.1.1uth., first day of July, A. D. 1911, on which date an Assistant Janitor shall be appointed for the full term of two years. shall be ap-pointed for two years. Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Janitor and As- Duties of sistant Janitor, under the order and direction of the State tnd Librarian, to take care of the furniture and property belong- Janitor. ing to the State, to keep clean and in good order all the rooms, offices, apartments, Library, halls, stairways, cellars, in said State House, and the grounds attached thereto, and the pavements in front of said buildings, or otherwise at- 12 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE STATE HOUSE, LIBRARY AND PUBLIC OFFICES. tached thereto, and to attend to the heaters, stoves, and all fires, and to perform all labor necessary for heating said building, or any part thereof, during the sessions of the Gen-eral Assembly and at all times, and properly care for the furniture and property in all parts of the State buildings during the sessions of the General Assembly, and to preserve as much as possible, the property belonging to the State, from injury by moth, insect, or any other injury during the vacation of the General Assembly. And further to do any and all things directed to be done by the State Librarian, which may be incident to the office of the Janitor and Assist-ant Janitor of the State House. Janitor shall Section 3. That the Janitor shall receive for his ser-receive $500. vices as such officer the sum of five hundred dollars per year Assistant and the Assistant Janitor the sum of four hundred dollars Janitor shall receive $100. per year, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to draw upon the State Treasurer at the end of each quarter for the quarter due. State Li-lwarianhall Section 4. That it shall be the duty of the State Libra- s make report rian to make a report in writing to the State Treasurer at to State qTuraeratseurlrye r the end of each quarter stating the condition of the State concerning buildings, property and grounds and of the manner in which work of Janitors. the Janitor and Assistant Janitor are performing the duties incumbent upon them under this Act. If the report shall If report be uSntaftaov oTrraebales- show that the Janitor or Assistant Janitor are not perform-urer shall ing the duties of their respective offices faithfully, the State withhold salaries. Treasurer shall not pay the salaries as hereinbefore pro-vided, but shall notify the Janitor or Assistant Janitor, or both, as the case may be, giving his reason for not paying Salaries same, and such salary or salaries shall not be paid until the shall notuntil be report of the State Librarian shall show a faithful perform- paid report shall ance of the duties of the Janitor or Assistant Janitor under show faithful performance this Act. of duties. Governor Section 5. The Governor shall have power to remove poWer shall 111IVe to the Janitor or Assistant Janitor at any time, for cause satis- 111.1VP. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 13 OF THE STATE HOUSE, LIBRARY AND PUBLIC OFFICES. factory to himself, and appoint other persons in their places for the unexpired term. Section 6. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent here-with are hereby repealed. Approved April 13, A. D. 1911. . 14 Preamble. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE STATE HOUSE. CHAPTER 8. OF THE STATE HOUSE. AN ACT to provide for the Commemoration of certain events in the early History of Delaware, by the erection of Marble Tablets in the Rotunda of the new wing of the State House. WHEREAS, The State of Delaware is distinguished amongst the States of the Union : For the part which her delegates took in securing the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, particu-larly for the ride of Caesar Rodney, one of the delegates, from Delaware to Philadelphia by which the Declaration was saved ; For that this State was the first of the States to adopt the Constitution of the United States, by reason of which Delaware is given, as her birthright, the place of honor and precedence in all national celebrations ; Tor that the stars and stripes were first unfurled in battle upon Delaware soil, and the first naval engagement of the United States was fought in Delaware waters ; For that this State in addition to furnishing troops for the war of 1812, gave to the General Government, in that year, the sum of thirty-eight thousand dollars ($38,000) to assist in repulsing the British (the recent return of the interest upon which sum has provided the funds for the erec-tion of the new wing of the State House). Preatnble. AND WHEREAS, It is desirable and proper that these historical incidents should be kept fresh in the memory of LAWS OF DELAWARE. 15 OF THE STATE HOUSE. the rising generations of our State so as to inspire patriot-ism and a commendable State pride, therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho'zise of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the Governor of the State be and he is appoint, Gover nor to hereby authorized to designate and appoint a Commission commission. consisting of five citizens of the State, of whom the Gov-ernor shall be one to arrange for and supervise the prepara-tion of four marble tablets, which shall be suitably inscribed Duties of the to commemorate the several incidents in the early history of Commission' the State of Delaware, enumerated in the preamble hereto, and to supervise the placing of said tablets upon the walls of the rotunda of the new wing of the State House. Section 2. That the sum of five hundred dollars, or as gttaevro-much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provi-sions of this bill, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of defraying the cost of said tablets and the expense of the preparation and erection thereof. Approved April 13, A. D. 1911. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS AND JOURNALS. CHAPTER 9. OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS AND JOURNALS. AN ACT to revive and extend the time for recording private Acts. WHEREAS, By Section 3 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 shall be void ; and WHEREAS, A number of private and unpublished Acts heretofore passed have been allowed to become void through ignorance of the aforesaid enactment; therefore, for the purpose of relieving the parties interested of the embarrass-ments and disappointments arising from such neglect in the premises ; therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (two-thirds of each Branch concurring therein): Unpublished Section 1. That all unpublished acts heretofore passed aancdts rree-neenw- ed that have become void on account of not being duly recorded acted, 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 severally renewed and re-enacted, and together with the provisions therein contained are respectively declared to be in full force for the period mentioned in the original acts, and to have the same force and effects as if the said acts had been severally recorded according to law, and all acts and transactions done and performed under the provisions of Shrill have said acts and property and other rights accrued thereunder, full force sad effect, shall have the same force and effect and be as valid to all in- 16 Preamble. Preamble. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 17 OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS AND JOURNALS. tents and purposes as if the said acts had been severally re-corded according to law; provided, that this enactment shall not take effect in the case of any act that has become void as aforesaid, until a certified copy thereof shall be duly re- znd. corded in the Recorder's Office of one of the Counties of this recorded. State ; and, provided further, that no such copy of a voided act shall be received for record after the expiration of one Meet be year from the passage of this act. corded with-in one year. Section 2. That this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act and shall be published as such. Approved March 2, A. D. 1911. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That Chapter 5, Volume 25, Laws of Dela- Chap. 5. Vol. 25, amended. ware, entitled "An Act in relation to the publication of cer-tain equity cases and judicial reports when not published by the Chancellor or Associate Judge resident in Kent County respectively" be and the same is hereby amended by strik-ing out the word "two" in the fifth line of Section 1 of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "four." Approved March 7, A. D. 1911. 18 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF JUDICIAL REPORTS. CHAPTER 10. OF JUDICIAL REPORTS. AN ACT to amend Chapter 5, Volume 25, Laws of Delaware, entitled "An Act in relation to the publication of certain equity cases and Judicial reports when not published by the Chancellor or Associate Judge resi-dent in Kent County respectively" extending the time for publishing Judicial reports. TITLE SECOND Of the Public Revenue; and the Assessment, Collection and Appropriation of Taxes. CHAPTER 11. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An Act to Raise Revenue for the State by taxing corporations" being Chapter 15, Volume 22, Laws of Dela-ware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware, in General Assembly met: Section 1. That Section 12 of Chapter 15, Volume 22, Sec. Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended by Vol. 22. amended. adding to the end of said Section 12 the following : "Upon the said filing of said proclamation the Secretary Secretary of of State shall transmit forthwith to the Recorder of each Se rtaant County of this State, a certified copy of said Proclamation, cReeretCgeW ft and each Recorder shall upon receipt of said certified copy copy of proc-lamation. forthwith mark in brief upon the margin of the record of the Certificate of Incorporation of every in said proclamation which is of Record iCn ohripso orfaftiicoen t hnea mfaecdt rwofetet corfo nt)rt e- that the Charter of said Corporation is repealed and the margin of record. date of said repeal." Approved March 31, A. D. 1911. 20 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Chap. 13. amended. Words stricken out. Words in-serted. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 12. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT to amend Chapter 43, of Volume 24, Laws of Delaware, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter r8, of Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, en-titled 'An Act to re-adjust the amount to be paid by the Delaware Railroad Company in commutation of its State Taxes.'" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That Chapter 43, of Volume 24, Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out of Section 1 thereof after the word "of" at the end of the ninth line thereof, and before the word "which" in the four-teenth line thereof, the following: "Twenty Thousand Dol-lars to be paid in equal quarterly installments of Five Thou-sand Dollars each on the first days of April, July, October and January in each year, the first payment of Five Thou-sand Dollars to be made on the first day of April, A. D. 1907" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Twenty-five Thousand Dollars to be paid in equal quarterly install-ments of Sixty-two Hundred and Fifty Dollars each on the first days of April, July, October and January in each year, the first payment of Sixty-two Hundred and Fifty Dollars to be made on the first clay of April, A. D. 1911." Approved March 30, A. D. 1911. !I. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 21 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 13. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. t. AN ACT to amend the Laws of this State in relation to the taxation of manufacturers, being Chapter 24 of Volume 14 of the Laws of Dela-ware, as supplemented by Chapter 364 of Volume 14 and as amended by Chapters ro and ii of Volume 15, and as further amended by Chap-ter 17 of Volume 22 of the said Laws of Delaware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the Act entitled "An Act Taxing Manu- Act taxing facturers and for other purposes" being Chapter 24, of Vol- nurvrIsu,fertg.: ume 14 of the Laws of Delaware, as supplemented by Chap- ;Met= ter 364, Volume 14, Laws of Delaware, and as amended by Chapters 10 and 11, Volume 15, Laws of Delaware, and as further amended by Chapter 17, of Volume 22 of the Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out so much thereof as was supplied by the amendatory pro-visions of Chapter 17 of Volume 22 of the Laws of Delaware and also by striking out all of said Section 1 of the said Chapter 24 of Volume 14 of the Laws of Delaware as supple-mented by Chapter 364, Volume 14 of the Laws of Delaware, and as amended by Chapters 10 and 11, Volume 15, Laws of Delaware, as the same was codified in the Revised Code of the State of Delaware as amended in 1893 down to the words "makers of agricultural implements" in the sixty-first line of said Section 1 as the same is printed in the Revised Code aforesaid, and by inserting in lieu thereof the words hereinafter quoted so that said Section 1 from the beginning thereof down to the words "makers of agricultural imple-ments" in the sixty-first line aforesaid as printed in the Re-vised Code aforesaid, shall be and read as follows : 20 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 12.. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT to amend Chapter 43, of Volume 24, Laws of Delaware, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 18, of Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, en-titled 'An Act to re-adjust the amount to be paid by the Delaware Railroad Company in commutation of its State Taxes.'" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: C1ia03. Section 1. That Chapter 43, of Volume 24, Laws of vot. II /II v//ded. Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out of Section 1 thereof after the word "of" at the end of the ninth line thereof, and before the word "which" in the four-teenth line thereof, the following: "Twenty Thousand Dol- Word% stricken out. /ars to be paid in equal quarterly installments of Five Thou-sand Dollars each on the first days of April, July, October and January in eacri year, the first payment of Five Thou-sand Dollars to be made on the first day of April, A. D. wortb; la- 1907" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Twenty-ser t 01. five Thousand Dollars to be paid in equal quarterly install-ments of Sixty-two Hundred and Fifty Dollars each on the first days of April, July, October and January in each year, the first payment of Sixty-two Hundred and Fifty Dollars to be made on the first day of April, A. D. 1911." Approved March 30, A. D. 1911. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 21 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 13. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT to amend the Laws of this State in relation to the taxation of manufacturers, being Chapter 24 of Volume 14 of the Laws of Dela-ware, as supplemented by Chapter 364 of Volume 14 and as amended by Chapters ro and ir of Volume 15, and as further amended by Chap-ter 17 of Volume 22 of the said Laws of Delaware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the Act entitled "An Act Taxing Manu- Act taxing facturers and for other purposes" being Chapter 24, of Vol- 1=%I.taect,- etc.- ume 14 of the Laws of Delaware, as supplemented by Chap- further ter 364, Volume 14, Laws of Delaware, and as amended by Chapters 10 and 11, Volume 15, Laws of Delaware, and as further amended by Chapter 17, of Volume 22 of the Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out so much thereof as was supplied by the amendatory pro-visions of Chapter 17 of Volume 22 of the Laws of Delaware and also by striking out all of said Section 1 of the said Chapter 24 of Volume 14 of the Laws of Delaware as supple-mented by Chapter 364, Volume 14 of the Laws of Delaware, and as amended by Chapters 10 and 11, Volume 15, Laws of Delaware, as the same was codified in the Revised Code of the State of Delaware as amended in 1893 down to the words "makers of agricultural implements" in the sixty-first line of said Section 1 as the same is printed in the Revised Code aforesaid, and by inserting in lieu thereof the words hereinafter quoted so that said Section 1 from the beginning thereof down to the words "makers of agricultural imple-ments" in the sixty-first line aforesaid as printed in the Re-vised Code aforesaid, shall be and read as follows : .immilmi- I 22 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. Shall an- "Section 1. That every individual, association of per- nually talm 011i a license sons, firm or corporation engaged as owner or owners in the on tile first of June. production or manufacture, by hand or machinery, of goods, wares or merchandise, or of any article or material, or any combination or composition of any articles or materials of every nature and substance whatsoever (except as herein-after stated) and desiring to continue in said production or manufacture, shall annually hereafter, on the First day of June, take out a license to engage in said production or manufacture, for which such individual, association of per-sons, firm or corporation shall pay, for the use of the State, the sum of five dollars to the Clerk of the Peace of the Shall pay the sum of $5. County in which such individual, association of persons, firm or corporation is engaged and desires to continue en-gaged in such production or manufacture; and every such individual, association of persons, firm or corporation, shall on or before the said First day of June annually, hereafter, Shall file a before taking out said license, file with the said Clerk of the statement Peace, a statement in writing setting forth in three distinct in writing. items the following: That \nine of land and buildings did not ex-ceed a cer-tain sum. That value 2. That the aggregate value a all the machinery and of machinety and ilxtur,s fixtures in this State used in, or in connection with the busi-ness of the said production or manufacture in this State by taut sum. said individual, association of persons, firm or corporation, whether as owner or lessee during the year then last past, did not exceed a certain sum therein given, and 3. That the aggregate value of all personal property except money on hand or deposited in bank, but including the raw material, used in, or in connection with the business of said production or manufacture in this State by the said That valuo of all per-sorml prop-erty dhl not exceed cer-taln SUM. 1. The aggregate statutory value of all the land and buildings in this State used in, or in connection with, the business of the said production or manufacture in this State by said individual, association of persons, firm or corpora-tion, whether as owner, tenant or occupant, during the year then last past, did not exceed a certain sum therein given; LAWS OF DELAWARE. 23 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. individual, association of persons, firm or corporation, dur-ing the year then last past, and not embraced in the second item of the said statement, did not exceed a certain sum therein given. The statutory value of the land and buildings to be in- Svtaalutuet otor yb e eluded in the first item of the statement aforesaid, shall for taken to be the assessed said purpose be deemed and taken to be the assessed value of value. the real peoperty in this State used in or in connection with the business of the said production or manufacture in this State, by the said individual, association of persons, firm or corporation, as shown by the County assessment then in force; provided that when any such individual, association of persons, firm, or corporation, shall be a renter of a por-tion only of a parcel of real estate which is assessed for County purposes as one undivided parcel, or shall be a renter of a part only of a building, and such portion of real estate or such part of a building, shall be used in, or in connection with the business of the said production or manufacture afore-said, then the annual rent of the said portion of real estate and of the said part of the building, shall for the purpose of the statement aforesaid, be deemed to be ten per centum of Shall be deemed to the statutory value thereof. The value of the machinery and nf fixtures to be included in the second item of the statement sta tu tory aforesaid, and the value of the personal property to be in- value. cluded in the third item of said statement, shall be the actual Shall be the aetual value thereof at the time of making such statement. value. The said statement shall be verified by the oath or affir- V,r1fled by mation of such individual, or one member of such firm or as- 'tgl'aMani:- sociation of persons or of the President or other presiding officer of such corporation, and the said oath or affirmation may be taken before any person who, by the laws of this (t:),11 .:.1.n 1,063re may he State is duly authorized to administer the same. Every such tol - indiv id u a l, association of persons, firm or corporation, so asal miii is tel aforesaid, engaged and desiring to continue engaged in said production or manufacture, shall, on or before the said First day of June annually, before taking out the said license, pay 24 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. to the said Clerk of the Peace for the use of the State in ad- Additional dition to the above named sum of Five Dollars, the further sum of $5. sum of one-twentieth of one per cent on the sum total of the aggregate values of the land and buildings, machinery and fixtures and of all personal property to be included in all of the three items aforesaid as hereinbefore set forth. The license aforesaid shall authorize the production or manufacture of goods, wares, merchandise, or of any article or material, or any combination of any article or material, only at one place, and for only one year from the First day of June. License for one year only from the first day af Tune. License for six months In certain eases. first day of Juno follow-ing. In case any individual, association of persons, -firm or corporation desires to be engaged as owner or owners,_ in such production or manufacture, he, she, or they not having been engaged in said production or manufacture during the year immediately next preceding, shall, before commencing such production or manufacture, take out a license for the six months then next ensuing, first paying to the said Clerk of the Peace the sum of five dollars, and at the expiration of the said six months, he, she, or they shall obtain another li-cense which shall be valid until the First day of June follow-ing, upon his, her or their filing with the said Clerk of the Peace a statement in writing verified by oath or affirmation as aforesaid of such individual, or one member of such asso-ciation or firm, or of the president or other presiding officer of such corporation, containing the three items above set forth but limited to the period of the six months then last past ; such individual, association of persons, firm or corpo-ration paying to the said Clerk of the Peace, for the use of the State, the same taxes as aforesaid rated in proportion to the time during which said last mentioned license shall be valid. The license aforesaid shall authorize the production vi manufacture of goods, wares, merchandise or of any ar-a 11.;lonot(T 'for ticle or material, or any combination of any article or ma-iii" an ynr terial only at one place, and for only one year from the First lit St mv of day of June. No individual, association of persons, firm or LAWS OF DELAWARE. 25 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. corporation, having paid the said tax imposed upon them un-der this Act shall be liable to the payment of the tax or taxes imposed upon individuals, associations of persons, firms or corporations engaged in, or desiring to engage in, the busi-ness and occupation of purchasing and selling goods, wares, merchandise, produce and property. This Section shall not apply to the production of the usual farm products for home consumption or market pur- Lou businesses poses, nor to the distilling, brewing, manufacture, or produc- 1) no:cuna-tion of alcoholic liquors of any kind whatsoever, nor to the production or manufacture of steam, gas, or electricity for heat, light or power. This Section shall be held to include persons, associa- ,Coetrsta,itnt )er-dons of persons, firms or corporations, engaged as owners onoc etunaeluiodn esd . or principals in the following occupations and kinds of busi-ness ;" Section 2. That the aforesaid Section 1 be further aFmuernthd"m ent. amended by striking out the words "Distillers, brewers and" in line ninety-six of the said Section 1 as printed in the Re-vised Code of the State of Delaware as amended in 1893. Approved April 19, A. D. 1911. 26 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Nomads. or nynsies re-quired to take out a OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 14. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT requiring roving bands of nomads, commonly called Gypsies, to take out a license, for which they shall pay to the Cletk of the Peace, for the use of the State, the sum of Three hundred dollars, and pre-scribing penalty for violation of the provisions of this Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any roving band of Nomads, commonly called Gypsies, to pitch or settle their encampment, or carry on their transactions, or prac-tice their craft, within this State without first obtaining from one of the Clerks of the Peace of this State an annual license, for which they shall pay to the Clerk of the Peace, Cost of the for the use of the State, the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, and shall pay to the Clerk of the Peace the further sum of fifty cents for issuing such license. The said license shall be issued in the name of the captain or leader of the said band, and shall be a license for the said captain only so long as he remains the leader of the said band, and shall not be trans-ferable by him to any other captain or leader, ''`not shall it be a license to the said captain or leader should he become cap-tain or leader of any other band. Section 2. That upon information filed with the Clerk of the Peace of any County that any roving band of Nomads, commonly called Gypsies, are located within his County, it shall be the duty of such Clerk of the Peace forthwith to as-certain whether such band of Gypsies have obtained a li-cense from any other Clerk of the Peace of the State, and if it shall Appear that no license has been taken out, the said Clerk of the Peace shall make the following order In whose name to be ksued. Not flans ferald,. Nlay )reCullle I nit% of the C1,,r1-; f th, LAWS OF DELAWARE. 27 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. "To , Sheriff : "Whereas, a Band of roving Nomads, commonly called Gypsies, are encamped within the limits of this County, without having taken out license as provided in an act en-titled "An Act requiring roving bands of Nomads, commonly called Gypsies, to take out license, for which they shall pay to the Clerk of the Peace, for the use of the State, the sum of Three Hundred Dollars, and prescribing penalty for vio-lation of the provisions of this Act." Therefore, you, , Sheriff of County, are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to seize any property of such band of Gypsies of such property or so much as shall be necessary to pay the license fee of Three Hundred Dollars required to be paid by them, to-gether with the costs of sale and the costs of this proceed-ing, and after due notice given as required by law in the case of sale of personal property, to sell such property, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay said license, to-gether with the costs as aforesaid, and to apply the proceeds of said sale as provided by law, and for so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant and authority. "Witness my hand and the seal of my office this day of , A. D. . Form of the order. , Clerk of the Peace." The costs of this proceeding shall be the same as the Costs of r. costs for the levy and sale of personal property under exe-cution process, and the said Sheriff shall pay Three Hun-dred Dollars of the proceeds of said sale to the Clerk of the sheriff shall Peace issuing the order for sale who shall thereupon issue g(Li'llit,? the license hereinbef ore provided for, and the residue of said proceeds shall be applied to the costs. Section 3. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent here-with are hereby repealed. Approved March 28, A. D. 1911. 28 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 15. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT regulating the sale of deadly Weapons and providing a Special License therefor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: lers in Section 1. That from and after the first day of June, in n1'1.1s"teoftiV: the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, taln a spe- ,la I license it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, com-b, st.u. pany or corporation, to sell, or expose to sale, any pistol or revolver, or revolver or pistol cartridges, stiletto, steel or brass knuckles, or other deadly weapons made especially for the defense of one's person, without first having obtained a license therefor, which license shall be known as "Special License to Sell Deadly Weapons ;" provided, however, that Not to reiate this provision shall not relate to toy pistols, pocket knives, or to cortaln Implements. knives used in the domestic household, or surgical instru-ments or tools of any kind. Shall pay $25 Section 2. Any person or persons, firm, company or rnt. said license. corporation, desiring to engage in the business of selling re-volvers, pistols, or revolver or pistol cartridges, stilettos, steel or brass knuckles, or other weapons made for the de-fense of one's person, shall, after the above mentioned date, apply to the Clerk of the Peace of the County in which it is desired to conduct such business and shall obtain a license therefor, for which he, they, or it shall pay the sum of twen-ty- five dollars, which said license shall entitle the holder ;1,,ei71,a,,, thereof to conduct said business for the term of one year on" Year* from its date. stint! not ,toit Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person or per- . I" a minor. intoximt- sons, or a member of any firm, or the agents or officers of .1 person. any corporation to sell to a minor, or any intoxicated person, LAWS OF DELAWARE. 29 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. any revolver, pistol? or revolver or pistol cartridges, stiletto, steel or brass knuckles, or other deadly weapons, made es-pecially for the defense of one's person. Section 4. It shall be the duty of any person or persons, F)ohoailcl toeg a firm, company or corporation, desiring to engage in the bush ft it; tompl le% y ness aforesaid, to keep and maintain in his place of business of the Peace. at all times, a book which shall be furnished him by the Clerk of the Peace of the County wherein he does business in which said book he shall enter the date of the sale, the Shall enter name and address of the person purchasing any such deadly dnaatme eaonfsadl .e address of weapon, the number and kind of deadly weapon so pur-chased, the color of the person so purchasing the same, and kind of the apparent age of the purchaser ; and no sale shall be made weapon, etc. until the purchaser has been positively identified. This book Book shall be open for shall at all times be open for inspection by any Judge, Jus-tice of the Peace, Police Officer, Constable, or other Peace Officer of this State. Section 5. Any person, firm, company or corporation, or any member of any firm, or the agents or officers of any corporation, violating the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars, or a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or both, within the discretion of the Court. Section 6. All of the provisions of Chapter 117, Volume provision, 13, Laws of Delaware, relative to the issuance of licenses .clona3p.t0117, and the duties and powers of the several officials therein mentioned and all penalties therein imposed, shall extend to and be applied to licenses issued under authority of this Act. Approved March 16, A. D. 1911. Penalty for violating the provisions of the Act. 30 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 16. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT to raise Revenue and to Provide for the Licensing of Certain Amusements within the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Shull first Section 1. That no person or persons, firm, company or obtaint o it- corporation, without having first obtained a proper license cgaargrytt "no'no i therefor as hereinafter provided for shall within the limits scueirttsa.i no rN IN of this State, be engaged in, prosecute, follow or carry on amusements. any trade, business, pursuit or occupation in this section, hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, conducting or exhibit-ing any circus, theatre, opera, show, moving picture theatre, amusement park, merry-go-round, toboggan slide, switch back, shoot-the-Shoots, ferris wheel, scenic railway or other place of amusement. Section 2. That every space, tent or arena where feats of horsemanship or acrobatic sports are exhibited shall be regarded as a circus within the meaning of this act. Section 3. That every edifice used for the purpose of dramatic or operatic or other representation, or where plays or performances, including vaudeville performances, are ex-hibited shall be regarded as a theatre within the meaning of this act. Section 4. Every edifice used for the purpose of ex-hibiting moving or motion pictures or illustrated songs shall be regarded as a moving picture theatre within the mean-ing of this act. Amusement Section 5. Every space, arena or park wherein are ex-n . hibited any two or more places of amusement, including A circus within the meaning of the act. A theatre within the mon n Int; of the net. Me% trig philtre thea LAWS OF DELAWARE. 31 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. moving pictures and theatrical performances, shall be re-garded as an amusement park within the meaning of this act. Section 6. That any person or persons, firm, company or corporation desiring to be engaged in, prosecute, follow oaff atlitleyPeace or carry on any trade, business, pursuit or occupation named 1f 0r in the foregoing sections of this act, may apply to the Clerk cense. of the Peace of any County of this State for a proper license, authorizing or empowering him, her or them to engage in, prosecute, follow or carry on such trade, business, pursuit or occupation which he, she or they may desire to engage in, prosecute, follow or carry on, and upon his, her or they pay-ing for the use of the State to the said Clerk of the Peace the fee hereinafter mentioned for such license, and also the fee to the Clerk of the Peace for issuing the same, it shall be the duty of such Clerk of the Peace to issue to him, her or them a proper license therefor. Section 7. For each license to conduct or exhibit a cir- "g.cet;s1',1,1.'ilith(! cus, within two miles of the corporate limits of any city in 017,1"g this State having a population of over fifty thousand people, nat;),le. a fee of Three Hundred Dollars ($300) shall be paid to the Waelei ic;re 1,3a":t)i. Clerk of the Peace for the use of the State. Section 8. For each license to conduct or exhibit a cir- circus not cus not within two miles of the corporate limits of any city=iio,avon, in this State, having a population of over fifty thousand peo- city of over pie, a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100) shall be paid to the a fee of 1$100 shall be paid. Clerk of the Peace for the use of the State. For a the- Section 9. For each license to conduct or exhibit a the- ntre Ora atre or a moving picture theatre within the corporate limits1tm4a 1.o1°1v.e itnhge- np, lc- of any city in this State, having a population of over fifty =: city having thousand people, a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100) shall popuittton be paid to the Clerk of the Peace for the use of the State. of over 50.000 people a fee of $100 shall be paid. Section 10. For each license to conduct or exhibit a For a the-theatre or a moving picture theatre within the corporate IitmoThois,r pai e_ limits of any city, village or town in this State, having a taatrroe itnh ea-n y 32 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. tchhiata yvn ion 5rg 0 t.l0oe0ws0s.n tpyo-pfiuvlea tDioonl laorfs leshssa ltlh baen pfaifitdy ttoh othues aCnlde rpke oofp lteh, ea Pfeeaec oef fTowr ethne- a fee of $25 shall be paid. use of the State. PennIty for violation of the act. Section 11. For each license to conduct or exhibit an amusement park, a fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) shall be paid to the Clerk of the Peace for the use of the State. Section 12. For each license to conduct or exhibit a merry-go-round, toboggan slide, switch back, scenic railway, shoot-the-shoots, a fee of Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) shall be paid to the Clerk of the Peace for the use of the State. To conduct Section 13. For each license to conduct or exhibit any any other place of other place of amusement for profit, a fee of Twenty-five `,;',!;',',.7,7;it".nat Dollars ($25.00) shall be paid to the Clerk of the Peace for fsehea lol f b$e2 5p aid. the use of the State. A license to Section 14. Any person, firm, company or corporation carry oc it; ;our, who secures a license to conduct or carry on an amusement apamrycsseiTael t park, under the provisions of this act, shall not be required ritilscilltdteo the to take out any further license to conduct any place of aentIVionttl ise- amusement or an eating house within the boundaries of such emaetnint,g ohro aunse , park, provided, however, that an amusement park license bwoituhnidna trhiees shall not give the person, firm, company or corporation hold-it, lont,raeoefir= ing the same the privilege of conducting or exhibiting a cir- May conduct Section 15. That any person, firm, company or corpo-picture the- ration who secures a theatre license under the provisions of atre 0I1l' lu01sC-- this act not be required to take out any additional utrnadteedr sao nthg-e8- cense in order to carry on the business of conducting a mov-atre ilee"se jug picture theatre or exhibiting illustrated songs. Section 16. That if any person or persons, firm, com-pany or corporation shall be engaged in, prosecute, follow or carry on within the limits of this State any trade, business, pursuit or occupation named in this act, without having first obtained a proper license therefor, he, she or they, and the individuals composing such firm or company and every of For an amusement park a fee of $500 shall be paid. For a merry-go- round. etc.. a fee of $75 shall be paid. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 33 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. them, and the president and directors and every of them of such corporation for every such offence shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof by in-dictment, besides being liable to the payment of the tax, be subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500) or both at the discretion of the Court, one moiety of such fine for the use of the State, the other moiety to the use of the person who shall first give information of the fact whereby such forfeiture was incurred. Section 17. That in every license to be taken out under License to or by authority of this act shall be contained and set forth .14,euts toT? the trade, business, pursuit or occupation for which said Ii- n10.7giat.nd cense is granted, the name and place of abode of the person !!: of per - or persons taking out the same, and that the fee due the king State therefor has been paid; and in the case of theatres, Lhenelifiemeiljas moving picture theatres, amusement parks and all other places of amusements of a permanent character a general description of the place at which the trade, business, pursuit oAtnamis)ecti!tinetilit s or occupation for which such license is granted is intended ancTetr char. to be carried on ; provided that a license granted under this act for the purpose of conducting or carrying on any the-atre, moving picture theatre, toboggan slide, scenic railway, switch back, amusement park or any other place of amuse-ment of a permanent character shall not authorize the per- rt8 'dill° )zte son or persons, firm, company or corporation to be engaged tcroefali;a. ing in, prosecute, follow or carry on any trade, business, pursuitessansr or occupation specified in such license in any other place Itetodtelr n than that described therein ; and provided further that if St gi 1l1)i1Lc",e1, nse. such a house, park, enclosure or place be duly licensed, and the tenant be changed during the year, it shall be lawful for ChangevIil the new tenant to keep such house, park, enclosure or place 111(1).t. under said license until the expiration of the term for which it was granted. Where one or more persons are associated together as a firm or co-partnership or doing or carrying on ;,;!,,c'; ,11,i4,7,21Y any trade, business, pursuit or occupation mentioned in this Io?, V"re act at the same time and place, it shall not be necessary for Section 18. Every license issued in pursuance of the provisions of this act, except a circus license, shall bear date on the day on which it was issued, shall continue in force for one year from the date thereof and no longer; every circus license issued in pursuance of the provisions of this act shall bear the date on the day on which it was issued and shall continue in force for three months from the date thereof and no longer. Such licenses shall be signed by the Governor of this State and countersigned by the Secretary of State and sealed with the great seal of the State. The death, resigna-tion or removal from office of the Governor or of the Secre-tary of State, shall not avoid or invalidate any license issued under the provisions of this act. Every person or persons, firm, company or corporation who shall procure a license un-der this act to conduct a circus shall be authorized and em-powered during the term for which such license was granted to exercise and carry on the business or pursuit of conduct-ing or exhibiting a circus in any County of this State, sub-ject, however, to the provisions and restrictions contained in said license. And every person, firm, company or corpora-tion who shall procure a license under this act to conduct or carry on any place of amusement of a permanent character shall be authorized and empowered, during the term for which said license was granted, to exercise and carry on the trade, business, pursuit or occupation for which said license was granted in any County of the State. Provided, that no such person or persons, firm, company or corporation shall be engaged in, prosecute, follow or carry on such trade, busi- 34 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. each of the individuals composing such firm or corporation to take out a separate license therefor, but such license may Where more be granted in the name of the firm or co-partnership. In than one of the pursuits every case where more than one of the trades, businesses, MentiOnCti act are car- pursuits or occupations mentioned in this act, except as lied on by the same hereinbefore excepted, shall be pursued or carried on by the person at the time license same person or persons, firm, company or corporation at the must be taken out same time, a license must be taken out for each according to for each. the rates prescribed by this act. To bear date on which it Is Issued. Shall c to-t lone in force one year. Circus li-cense shall continue in force three months. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 35 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. ness, pursuit or occupation at more than one place at the same time. And provided further, that if any person shall be duly licensed under this act to carry on any trade, busi-ness, pursuit or occupation mentioned in this act, and shall die before the expiration of the term for which said license was granted it shall be lawful for his, her of their executors or administrators to exercise and carry on the trade, busi-ness, pursuit or occupation for which the license was granted until the expiration of the term for which it was granted. Every person applying to any Clerk of the Peace for a license under the provisions of this act shall, in addi-tion to the fee for the Secretary of the State, as herein pro- SsIgtanlelAv vided for, pay to such Clerk of the Peace a fee of fifty centsPeace e Clerk .ofFe *the for issuing the same. of fifty cents. Section 19. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of secretary State and he is hereby directed to prepare and to deliver to polf.eSplaartee at 101 every Clerk of the Peace blank licenses signed by the Gov- tiI'leilit-ernor, countersigned by the Secretary of State and sealed .21 lel. let 8o e with the seal of his office for each trade, business, pursuit or Peace. occupation mentioned or enumerated in this act, and he shall Shall keep keep a correct account of the same against each of the said 01T saacncIiti,n n t Clerks of the Peace, and shall send a duplicate of every such Duplicate to be sent to entry in such account to the Auditor of Accounts. Auditor of Accounts. Section 20. The Auditor of Accounts shall keep an ac- Auditor of count in the books of his office of all licenses supplied to the eecpo tai nts to Clerks of the Peace by the Secretary of State, in pursuance record' of the provisions of this act, and all the provisions of Chap-ter 30 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware as amended and published in 1893 relative to the duties and powers of the Auditor of Accounts in settling the accounts of said Clerks of the Peace, and in enforcing such settle-ments shall extend to and be applied to the licenses and fees to the State therefor, which said Clerks of the Peace are by this act authorized and required to issue and collect. Section 21. That all the provisions of Section 8 of Chapter 117, Volume 13, Laws of Delaware, relative to the 36 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. Duties of certain county offi-cers when they shall know of any violation of this act. duties and powers of the Clerks of the Peace shall extend to and be applied to the licenses and fees authorized and re-quired under the terms and provisions of this act. Section 22. That it shall be the duty of every Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff and Constable, within their respective counties, whenever he shall have knowledge that any person or persons, firm or company is or are en-gaged in exercising, following or carrying on any trade, business, pursuit or occupation mentioned in this act, with-out having first obtained a license therefor, as provided by this act, to make a complaint or cause complaint to be made thereof before some Justice of the Peace of his County, who shall thereupon proceed according to the provisions of Chap-ter 97 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware in rela-tion to complaints made before him in other criminal cases and of existing provisions of law relative to misdemeanor and offences shall extend and apply to offences created by this act so far as the same are applicable and not inconsist-ent herewith. Section 23. Every person exercising or carrying on any trade, business, pursuit or occupation named in this act shall on demand of any Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Constable or citizen within this State, produce the license therefor, and unless he shall do so it shall be pre-sumptive evidence that he has no license. Section 24. That every person, firm, company or cor-poration engaged in the business, pursuit or occupation of conducting an amusement park within the meaning of this Act shall have the option of either taking out a license to conduct said amusement park or of licensing each separate place of amusement within the confines of such park. Amusements Section 25. That any person, firm, company or corpo-where all ration conducting or exhibiting any place of amusement profits are for charit- which is required to be licensed under the provisions of this able, relig-ious, or act where all of the profits derived from such place of lb Ann- Shall pro-duce license on demand, Failure to do so. Option In taking Out a license. 3 0 V OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. amusement are devoted to charitable, religious or philan- thropic pur-thropic purposes shall not be required to take out any license in)oostelsesp:21 under the provisions of this act. quired totake out a license. Section 26. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved April 13, A. D. 1911. 3. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 37 38 Appropria-tions for ex-penses for year 1912. l'nexpended money re-turned to the general fund. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 17. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT making appropriations for the Expenses of the State Government 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 Twelve. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the several amounts named in this act or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appro-priated 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 Monday immediately preceding the second Tuesday of Janu-ary in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve ; provided, however, that all parts or portions of the several sums appropriated by this act, which, on said Mon-day immediately preceding said second Tuesday of January, A. D. 1912, shall not have been paid out of the treasury;shall be returned to the general fund of the treasury. The said several sums hereby appropriated are, as follows, viz : Governor. For the Governor for salary, Four Thousand Dollars. For the contingent expenses of the Governor's office, One Thousand Dollars. For the Lieutenant Governor, salary as member of Board of Pardons, One Hundred Dollars. For the Chancellor for salary, Four Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For the Chancellor for reporting, Two Hundred Dol-lars. Lieutenant Governor. Chancellor. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 39 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the Chancellor to pay contingent expenses of the Court of Chancery, Two Hundred Dollars. For John R. Nicholson, for one hundred copies of his John Ft. reports, as Chancellor, Eight Hundred Dollars. CNhicahnocleslolonr .a s For Charles M. Curtis, for one hundred copies of his re- Charles M. ports, as Chancellor, Eight Hundred Dollars. CChuartnisc elalos r. For the stenographer of the Court of Chancery for sal- Stenog-ary, Twelve Hundred Dollars. rCaopuhret ro ffo r Chancery. For Chief Justice for salary, Four Thousand Seven Chief Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Justice. For the Associate Judges for salaries, Seventeen Thou- Associate sand Six Hundred Dollars. Judges. For the Associate Judge resident in Kent County, for Associate reporting, Two Hundred Dollars. rJeupdogret infogr. For James Pennewill for one hundred copies of Penne- James will's Delaware Reports, Volume 7, One Thousand Dollars. Pennev. ill. For William H. Boyce, for one hundred copies of William Boyce's Delaware Reports, Volume 1, Qne Thousand Dol- I3oyce. lars. For the Court Stenographer for salary, Two Thousand Court Sten-Dollars. ographer. For transcript for the Supreme Court and Assistant Stenographer, Five Hundred Dollars. For the Secretary of State for salary, Four Thousand Salary of Dollars. the Secre-tary of State. Fund. For the Secretary of State to pay the contingent ex- Contingent penses of his office, Fifteen Hundred Dollars. For the Secretary of State to pay cost of official bond, bond. Fifty Dollars. Stenog-rapher and For the Stenographer and typewriter for the Governor e'orCv or=or and Secretary of State for salary, Twelve Hundred Dollars. atanzd 'y Soet s! .tert-te. 40 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Clerks for For Clerks for the Secretary of State, for salary, the Secre-tary of State. Eleven Hundred Dollars. Attorney General. Deputies. Contingent expenses. Slate De-tectives. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the Attorney General for salary, Twenty-five Hun-dred Dollars. For the Deputy Attorneys General for salary, Two Thousand Dollars. For contingent expenses for the Attorney General for paying expenses in criminal prosecutions, etc., Fifteen Hun-dred Dollars. For the two State Detectives for salaries, Twenty-one Hundred Dollars. For actual expenses in serving requisition papers, Five Hundred Dollars. State Treas. For the State Treasurer and Trustee for the School LI rer. Fund for salary, One Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For the State Treasurer under the provisions of Chap-ter 67, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, Five Hundred Dol-lars. For the State Treasurer for contingent expenses., Five Hundred Dollars. For the State Treasurer for paying costs of his official bond for the term, Seven Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars. clerk for For the Clerk for the State Tileasurer, for salary, Nine 5th to Treas-urer. Hundred Dollars. For the Clerk for the State Treasurer, for paying costs of his bond for the term, Two Hundred Dollars. Auditor of For the Auditor of Accounts for salary, Two Thousand A con ills. Dollars. For the Auditor of Accounts for contingent expenses exclusive of clerical assistance, Five Hundred Dollars. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 41 For the Deputy for the Auditor of Accounts, for salary, Deputy Auditor. Twelve Hundred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner for salary, Fifteen Insuranceomm Hundred Dollars. stoner. For the Insurance Commissioner for services as State Supervisor of Banks, Trust 'Companies, &c., under Chapter 330, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Five Hundred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner to pay the necessary expenses of his office, such as postage, stationery, &c., Seven Hundred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner for contingent ex-penses as Supervisor of Banks, Trust Companies, &c., Five Hundred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner to pay salary of his Clerk for Insurance clerk, Six Hundred Dollars. Commis-sioner. For the Insurance Commissioner to pay clerk under Chapter 330, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Five Hundred Dollars. For the State Librarian for salary, Twelve Hundred State Li-brarian. For the State Librarian for contingent expenses, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For the State Librarian to purchase law books for the State Library, Five Hundred Dollars. For the Janitor of the State House, for salary, Five Janitor. Hundred Dollars. For the Assistant Janitor of the State House, for sal- Assistant Janitor. ary, Three Hundred Dollars.. For the Fish Commissioner for salary, and all neces- Fish Com-missioner. sary expenses in discharging the duties of his office, Five Hundred Dollars. Dollars. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. 42 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For contingent expenses of Fish Commissioner to pay for postage and stationery, travelling expenses, &c., One Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars. For hatching, propagating, &c., of food fish under Chapter 559, Volume 18, Laws of Delaware, Six Hundred Dollars. Oyster Revenue Collector. State Treas-urer for graded schools. For the Oyster Revenue Collector for salary, Seven Hundred Dollars. For the payment of officers and crew of Watch Boat for the protection of oysters, Twenty-three Hundred and Forty Dollars. For the benefit of the Free Public Schools in addition to the income arising from the investments of the public school fund, to be used exclusively for the payment of teachers' sal-aries and furnishing free text books, One Hundred and Thirty-two Thousand Dollars. For the Three County Superintendents of Schools, Thir-ty- nine Hundred Dollars. For the contingent expenses of the Three County Su-perintendents of Schools, Nine Hundred Dollars. For the expenses of holding the White Teachers' Insti-tute in the several Counties of this State, Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For the expenses of holding Colored Teachers' Institu One Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For the purpose of paying the expenses of the State Board of Education and also the expenses of County School Commissioners under the Act entitled "An Act providing for the establishment of a General System of Free Public Schools" Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. For the State Treasurer to carry out the provisions of "An Act providing graded school facilities for the children of this State" Eighteen Thousand Dollars. Free Public Schools. County Superin-tendents of Schools. Whitt} Teachers' Institute. Colored Teachers' Institute. State Board of Educa-tion and County School Com-missioners. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 43 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the maintenance of Chair of History at Delaware Chair of History at College, Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Delaware College. For the improvement of buildings and grounds for Delaware College Delaware College, Five Thousand Dollars. . For the Trustees of Delaware College for the use of pelryttre said College, being its share of the appropriation made by ° the General Government for the year 1911, Forty Thousand Dollars. For the Trustees of the State College for colored stu- stator Col-dents for the use of said College, being its share of appro-priation made by the General Government for the year 1911, s ut en 8. Ten Thousand Dollars. For the improvement of buildings and grounds for the State College for Colored Students, Three Thousand Dollars. For the Delaware Industrial School for Girls, Three Thousand Dollars. Delawar, Industrial School for ii irIs. For St. Michael's Day Nursery and Hospital for Babies, St. Michael's Nursery and Five Hundred Dollars. Hospital. For the maintenance and instruction of the indigentI lie na Ire deaf and dumb, and indigent blind and indigent idiotic chil- ;1?itie. d6u'rn dren in Institutions outside of the State, Eleven Thousand idloutilea'e'1111- dren. Two Hundred Dollars. For the Delaware Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Society for to Children for the purpose of enforcing laws, etc., Nine Men oife v e Cruelty to Hundred Dollars. Children. For the State Library Commission under the provisions istate of Chapter 362, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, as amended, 1),; is's) ouir - One Thousand Dollars. For the State Library Commission, contingent expenses, Two Hundred Dollars. For libraries in School Districts, Five Hundred Dollars. Libraries. 44 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Traveling Libraries. Historical Society. National Guard. II/Migra-tion Board. Live Stock Sanitary Board. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the Chairman of the Committee on Travelling Li-braries, of the State Federation of Women's Clubs for Dela-ware the sum of One Hundred Dollars, for the purpose of es-tablishing travelling libraries. For the Historical Society of Delaware for the use thereof, Three Hundred Dollars. SNtourdmenatl s at To help defray the expenses of students at Normal Schools. Schools, Four Thousand Five Hundred 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 Dela-ware" as amended, Five Thousand Dollars. For the National Guard of Delaware for field practice, Eight Thousand Dollars. For the National Guard of Delaware under provisions of Act passed 1907, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. For the burial of indigent soldiers, sailors and marines, Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For G. A. R. Memorial Day expenses, One Thousand Dollars. For the Peninsula Horticultural Society, Five Hundred Dollars. Farmers For the Farmers' Institute for the purpose of defraying Institute. incidental expenses of holding same, Six Hundred Dollars. Board of For the State Board of Agriculture, Three Thousand Agriculture. Dollars. For Immigration Board for the purpose of encouraging Immigration, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. For carrying out the provisions of the act establishing the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, Five Thousand Dol-lars. Burial of indigent soldiers, sail ors and ma-rines. G. A. R. Memorial Day. I torticul-tural So- 1 V. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 45 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the Division of Agricultural Extension at Delaware Delaware College. College, Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. For the erection, etc., of buildings at the State Farm, state Farm. Ten Thousand Dollars. To the town of Dover to pay for water for the use of Town of Dover for the State House, One Hundred Dollars. water rent. For one year's rent for telephone for State House, Telephone service. Thirty-six Dollars. For repairing, heating, etc., the State House, One Thou- Repairs, etc.. to sand Dollars. State House. For Insurance against fire on property belonging to the Insurance. State, One Thousand Dollars. For interest on the State debt, Thirty-six Thousand Interest on State Debt. Dollars. For printing Acts and Resolutions of the General As- For printing. sembly and for all other printing done for the use and bene-fit of the State, Ten Thousand Dollars. For the State Board of Health, Twenty-five Hundred Board of Health. Dollars. For the salary of the Bacteriologist and all expenses of Salary. etc.. of Bacteriolo the pathological and bacteriological laboratory at Delaware gist. College, Thirty-five Hundred Dollars. For apparatus for Pathological and Bacteriological La- For appa-boratory, Five Hundred Dollars. talus. For Medical Councils of Delaware, Three Hundred Dol- Aledical Councils. lars. For Board of State Supplies contingent fund, Five Hun- Board State Supplies. dred Dollars. For Public Archive Commission, Five Hundred Dollars. Public Arch- Commis- 46 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. Publishing For Expenses of Publishing the Records recommended of Records. by the Public Archive Commission, Two Thousand Dollars. For the State Board of Pharmacy under an Act of 1907, Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Secretary of For the Secretary of the Senate for preparing copy, in- Motenif.nonr dexing and superintending the printing of his journal, Five Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Clerk of the For the Clerk of the House of Representatives for pre- , lousy for Ills Journal. paring copy, indexing and superintending the printing of his journal, Five Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For the Adjutant General for salary, Six Hundred Dol-lars. Adjuta nt Gencru Is salary. For the Revenue and Taxation Commission, Fifteen Hundred Dollars. For the Adjutant General to pay the salary of his Clerk, Six Hundred Dollars, For the Ferris Industrial School in carrying out the provisions of the compulsory school law, Five Hundred Dol-lars. For the improvement of school houses for colored chil-dren, Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. For the State Revenue Collector for salary, Twelve Hundred Dollars. For the State Revenue Collector for contingent funds, Three Hundred Dollars. For the Delaware Commission for the Blind, Three Thousand Dollars. For the Old Folk's Home at Dover, Three Thousand Dollars. For the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst, Forty-seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. Revenue and Taxa-tion Com-mission. Board of Pharmacy. Clerk's salary. rerrls In-dustrial School. School I lotiscs fur ,4101e41 SItta 111.V1.11110 (u1lcI 01$ Sfl la Corn tu I$s Ion for tino limn, at I tovcr. rnhurs t. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 47 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst, Act of Farnhurs t, 1911, Twenty-five Thousand Dollars. For Public Highways in New Castle County, Ten Thou- Public High-ways, New sand Dollars. Castle County. For Public Highways in Kent County, Ten Thousand Kent County Dollars. For Public Highways in Sussex County, Ten Thousand Sussex County. Dollars. For Factory Inspector, One Thousand Dollars. Factory Inspector. For Woman Factory Inspector, for salary and contin- woman Fac-gent fund, One Thousand and Fifty Dollars. tory In-spector. For the New Castle County State Highway Commis- Highway Commission- sioner for salary, One Thousand Dollars. For the Kent County State Highway Commissioner for salary, One Thousand Dollars. For the State Board of Forestry for contingent ex- Board of penses, Two Hundred Dollars. Forestry. For the Delaware State Tuberculosis Commission, Fif- 'Tuberculosis Commission. teen Thousand Dollars. For the Great Seal of the State, Fifty Dollars. Great Seal. For Seal for the Secretary of State, Twenty Dollars.eetilalrovf of Sec- State. For Woman's Christian Temperance Union for Soldier's Rest Room Rest Room at Delaware City, Two Hundred Dollars. at Delaware City. For the Delaware Commission for the Blind, for mak- Commission ing canvass of deaf, dumb, idiotic, and other defectives, Five Hundred Dollars. For the State Board of Health for distribution of diph- Health. Board of theria antitoxin, One Thousand Dollars. 48 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Secretary of State for printing and Publishing. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the Secretary of State for Printing and Publishing Constitution of the State of Delaware, the Corporation Laws, the School Laws and the Election Laws, Three Hun-dred and Fifty Dollars. Approved April 19, A. D. 1911. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 49 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 18. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT making appropriations for the Expenses of the State Government 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 Thirteen. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the several amounts named in this Act or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appro-priated and authorized to be paid out of the treasury of this Year 1013. State to the respective officers, and for the several purposes specified for the current fiscal year ending on Monday im-mediately preceding the second Tuesday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen ; provided, however, that all parts or portions of the several sums appropriated by this Act, which, on said Monday im-mediately preceding said second Tuesday of January, A. D. 1913, shall not have been paid out of the treasury, shall be l'nexnended returned to the general fund of the treasury. The said sev- inu7.111Ti lig -the eral sums hereby appropriated are as follows, viz : general fund. For the Governor for salary, Four Thousand Dollars. Governor. For the contingent expenses of the Governor's office, One Thousand Dollars. For the Lieutenant Governor, salary as member of Lieutenant Board of Pardons, One Hundred Dollars. Governor. For the Chancellor for salary, Five Thousand Dollars. Chancellor. For the Chancellor for reporting, Two Hundred Dol-lars. 50 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the Chancellor to pay contingent expenses of the Court of Chancery, Two Hundred Dollars. For John R. Nicholson, in payment of one hundred copies of his reports, as Chancellor, Eight Hundred Dollars. For Charles M. Curtis, in payment of one hundred copies of his reports, as Chancellor, Eight Hundred Dollars. For the stenographer of the Court of Chancery for sal-ary, Twelve Hundred Dollars. For Chief Justice for salary, Five Thousand Dollars. For the Associate Judges for salaries, Nineteen Thou-sand Two Hundred Dollars. For the Associate Judge resident in Kent County, for reporting, Two Hundred Dollars. For James Pennewill for one hundred copies of Penne-will's Delaware Reports, Volume 7, One Thousand Dollars. For William H. Boyce, for one hundred copies of Boyce's Delaware Reports, Volume 2, One Thousand Dollars. For the Court Stenographer for salary, Two Thousand Dollars. For transcript for the Supreme Court and Assistant Stenographer, Five Hundred Dollars. Salary or For the Secretary of State for salary, Four Thousand in, Sect.... (iffy or scat, Dollars. For the Secretary of State to pay the contingent ex-penses of his office, Fifteen Hundred Dollars. For the Secretary of State to pay cost of official bond, Fifty Dollars. Sttintig-rniitter and typ,writer For the stenographer and typewriter for the Governor rm. Governor taanrdy Setfe Srttia-t e. and Secretary of State, for salary, Twelve Hundred Dollars. .John R. Nicholson as Chancellor. Charles M. curt is as Chancellor. Ste»og-rai 'her for Court of Chancery. ChIef Justice. Associate Judgeg. ,k,e4neittte Judge rte. reporting'. ./emes ii Itt'tV Ill. IVIIllam court Sten- 94-ra ingent fund. bond. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 51 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For clerks for the Secretary of State, for salary, Clerks for Eleven Hundred Dollars. tthoory of State. For the Attorney General for salary, Twenty-five Hun- General. dred Dollars. For the Deputy Attorneys General for salary, Two Deputies. Thousand Dollars. . For contingent expenses for the Attorney General for Contingent paying expenses in criminal prosecutions, etc., Fifteen Hun- exPenses. dred Dollars. For the two State Detectives for salaries, Twenty-four Stato Detectives. Hundred Dollars. For actual expenses in serving requisition papers, Five Hundred Dollars. For the State Treasurer and Trustee of the School Fund state for salary, One Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Treasurer. For the State Treasurer, under the provisions of Chap-ter 67, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, Five Hundred Dollars. For the State Treasurer for contingent expenses, Five Hundred Dollars. For the Clerk for the State Treasurer for salary, Twelve Clerk for Hundred Dollars. STtraetaes urer. For the Auditor of Accounts for salary, Two Thousand AAcucdoituonrt so.f For the AUditor of Accounts for contingent expenses, exclusive of clerical assistance, Five Hundred Dollars. For the Deputy for the Auditor of Accounts for salary, Deputy di Twelve Hundred Dollars. Au tor. For the Insurance Commissioner for salary, Fifteen Hundred Dollars. Commis-sinner. Dollars. 52 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Clerk for 111311 rn nee t'olnin is-alma r. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the Insurance Commissioner for services as State Supervisor of Banks, Trust Companies, &c., under Chapter 330, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Five Hundred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner to pay the necessary expenses of his office, such as postage, stationery, &c., Seven Hundred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner for contingent ex-penses as Supervisor of Banks, Trust Companies, &c., Five Hundred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner to pay salary of his clerk, Six Hundred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner to pay Clerk under Chapter 330, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Five Hundred Dollars. For the assistant Janitor of the State House for salary, Four Hundred Dollars. For the Fish Commissioner for salary, and all neces-sary expenses in discharging the duties of his office, Five Hundred Dollars. For contingent expenses of Fish Commissioner to pay for postage and stationery, travelling expenses, &c., One Hundred and Twenty-five Dollars. State For the State Librarian for salary, Twelve Hundred Librarian. Dollars. For the State Librarian for contingent expenses, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For the State Librarian to purchase law books for the State Library, Five Hundred Dollars. Janitor. For the Janitor of the State House for salary, Five Hundred Dollars. Assistant Janitor. Fish. Com-missioner. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 53 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For hatching, propagating, &c., of food fish under Chapter 559, Volume 18, Laws of Delaware, Six Hundred Dollars. For the Oyster Revenue Collector for salary, Seven oyster Revenue Hundred Dollars. collector. For the payment of officers and crew of watch boat for the protection of oysters, Two Thousand Three Hundred and Forty Dollars. For the benefit of the Free Public Schools in addition to the income arising from investments of the Public School funds 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 three County Superintendents of Schools, Thirty-nine Hundred Dollars. Free Public Schools. County Superinten-dents of Schools. For contingent expenses for the three County Superin-tendents of Schools, Nine Hundred Dollars. For the expenses of holding the White Teachers' Insti- White tute in the several counties of this State, Four Hundred and line.satcilVi Fifty Dollars. For the expenses of holding Colored Teachers' Institute, Colored Teachers' One Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Institute. For the purposes of paying the expenses of the State State Board Board of Education and the expenses of the County School it)iforitic(it - Commissioners, under the Act entitled "An Act providing L!oitlionotrc for the establishment of a general system of Free Public missi""' Schools" Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. For the State Treasurer to carry out the provisions of State Treas- "An Act providing graded school facilities for the children gu cfcr of this State" Eighteen Thousand Dollars. schools. For the maintenance of Chair of History at Delaware callori.'"yrat College, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. Delaware College. Delaware College. Delaware College. 54 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the improvement of buildings and grounds at Dela-ware College, Five Thousand Dollars. For the Trustees of Delaware College for the use of said College, being its share of the appropriation made by the General Government for the year 1912, Forty Thousand Dollars. State Col-lege for Colored Students. Delaware Industrial School for Girls. Maintenance of Indigent deaf, dumb. lilind. and Idiotic chil-dren. Society for the Preven-tion of Cruelty to Children. For the Trustees of the State College for Colored Stu-dents for the use of said College, being its share of the ap-propriation made by the General Government for the year 1912, Ten Thousand Dollars. For the Delaware Industrial School for Girls, Three Thousand Dollars. St. Allchael's For St. Michael's Day Nursery and Hospital for Babies, Nursery and Flo.spital Five Hundred Dollars. For the maintenance and instruction of the indigent deaf and dumb, indigent blind and indigent idiotic children in institutions outside of the State, Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Dollars. For the Delaware Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, for the purpose of enforcing laws, etc., Nine Hundred Dollars. State For the State Library Commission under the provisions Libra I'V Couninision. of Chapter 362, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, as amended, One Thousand Dollars. For the State Library Commission for contingent ex-penses, Two Hundred Dollars. Libraries. For Libraries in School Districts, Five Hundred Dol-lars. Traveling For the Chairman of the Committee on Travelling Li- 1.11,1 a 1(.4 braries of the State Federation of Women's Clubs for Dela-ware, One Hundred Dollars for the purpose of establishing Travelling Libraries. (5 LAWS OF DELAWARE. 55 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the Historical Society of Delaware, Three Hundred Historical Society. Dollars. To help defray the expenses of students at Normal students at Normal Schools, Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. Schools. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of National the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the maintenance, Guard. discipline and regulation of the National Guard of Dela-ware" as amended, Five Thousand Dollars. For the National Guard of Delaware for field practice, Eight Thousand Dollars. For the National Guard of Delaware under provisions of Act passed 1907, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. For the burial of indigent soldiers, sailors and marines, iBnucitigiaelnilf Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars. soldiers. sail ors. and ma-rines. For G. A. R. Memorial Day expenses, One Thousand G. A. R. Dollars. DMaeym. orial For the Peninsula Horticultural Society, Five Hundred Horticultural Society. Dollars. For the Farmers' Institute for the purpose of defray- Fanstitutrmers' Ie. ing incidental expenses of holding same, Six Hundred Dol-lars. For the State Board of Agriculture, Three Thousand Board of Dollars. Agriculture. For the Immigration Board for the purpose of encour- Immigration aging Immigration, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. Board. For carrying out the provisions of the Act establishing Llye Stock the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, Five Thousand Dol- SBaonairtda.r y lars. For the Division of Agricultural Extension at Delaware Delaware College. College, Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. 56 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the Town of Dover to pay for water for the use of the State House, One Hundred Dollars. To one year's rent of telephone for State House, Thirty-six Dollars. Repairs, For repairing, heating, &c., of State House, One Thou- etc,. to State House. sand Dollars. For insurance against fire on property belonging to the State, One Thousand Dollars. ISnttaetree Dste obnt. For interest on the State debt, Thirty-six Thousand Dollars. For printing. For printing Acts and Resolutions of the General As-sembly and for all other printing done for the use and bene-fit of the State, Ten Thousand Dollars. Insurance. Factory Inspector. For the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst, Sev-enty- two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. For the expenses of the Joint Committee appointed to settle with certain State Officers and Institutions, One Thou-sand Dollars. For Factory Inspector for salary, One Thousand Dol-lars. For Woman Factory Inspector for salary and contin-gent fund, One Thousand and Fifty Dollars. For Registration officers for compensation, Fifteen Thousand Dollars. Department For Department of Elections in the City of Wilmington, ,,f Elections. Forty-three Hundred Dollars. Board of For Board of State Supplies, contingent fund, Five State Sup-plies. Hundred Dollars. Public Arch- For Public Archive Commission, Five Hundred Dollars. iv., Com-mission. For expenses of publishing the Records recommended Publishing of ne"rds- by the Public Archive Commission, Two Thousand Dollars. Town of Dover for water rent. Telephone service. State Hos-pital at Farnhurst. Joint Com-mittee to settle with certain officers. Woman Factory Inspector. Registration lace rs . LAWS OF DELAWARE. 57 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the Revenue and Taxation Commission, Fifteen Revenue and Taxation Hundred Dollars. Commission. For the State Board of Pharmacy, Two Hundred and Board of Fifty Dollars. Pharmacy. For the Delaware Commission for the Blind, Three comtmhei ssi°n Thousand Dollars. Blind. For the Adjutant General for salary, Six Hundred Dol- Adjutant General's lars. salary. For Ferris Industrial School to carry into effect the pro- Ferris Industrial visions of the Compulsory School Law, Five Hundred Dol- School. lar,s. For the State Revenue Collector for salary, Twelve eSitlauteoc=c- Hundred Dollars. tor's salary. For the State Revenue Collector for contingent fund, Three Hundred Dollars. For the State Board of Health, Twenty-five Hundred Board of Dollars. Health. For the salary of the Bacteriologist and all expenses of Bacteriolo-the pathological and bacteriological laboratory at DelawareFt 1.1 syt: se i7rt. I - College, Thirty-five Hundred Dollars. For medical Councils of Delaware, Three Hundred Dol-lars. For the Adjutant General to pay salary of his Clerk, Clerk for the Six Hundred Dollars. GAednjuertaaln. t For Public Highways in New Castle County, Ten Thou- Public High-ways New sand Dollars. Castle County. For Public Highways in Kent County, Ten Thousand Kent county. Dollars. For Public Highways in Sussex County, Ten Thousand SCuosusnetxy . Dollars. 58 LAWS OF DELAWARE. H lghway For New Castle County State Highway Commissioner Commis-sioners. for salary, One Thousand Dollars. For Kent County State Highway Commissioner for sal-ary, One Thousand Dollars. Tuberculosis For the Delaware State Tuberculosis Commission, Fif- COMM Isston. teen Thousand Dollars. School For the improvement of School Houses for Colored Houses for colored Children, Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. children. Rest Room For Woman's Christian Temperance Union for Sol-at Delaware City. diers Rest Room at Delaware City, Two Hundred Dollars.. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. For the State Board of Forestry for contingent ex-penses, Two Hundred Dollars. For the Secretary of State for printing and publishing the Constitution of the State of Delaware, the Corporation Laws, the School Laws, and the Election Laws, Three Hun-dred and Fifty Dollars. Approved April 19, A. D. 1911. Board of Forestry. Secretary of State for printing and publishing. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 59 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 19. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT appropriating certain money out of the State Treasury of this State to pay certain claims against the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the several sums of money hereinafter Appropria. named are hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of this State for the purpose of paying the claims hereinafter men- AVenst tioned, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and di-rected to pay the same, as follows : Milford Chronicle Publishing Co. $ 50.45 State Sentinel Printing Company 2.00 Star Printing Company 80.50 B. F. Simmons, Jr. 102.00 F. Simmons, Jr., Printer 667.83 Smyrna Times 112.40 Mercantile Printing Company 48.00 Mercantile Printing Company 11.60 The Delawarean 17.40 Julian B. Robinson 72.25 The Town of Dover 290.21 Samuel W. Darby 58.00 Julian B. Robinson 172.25 Diamond State Telephone Company 279.28 J. E. Beck 325.00 H. LeFevre 48.22 William E. Maloney 28.00 Joshua B. Raughley 18.00 James W. Wise 10.00 Pennel Rash 36.00 Wilbur Wilson 23.00 60 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. Sohn Behen, Jr. & Co. 31.00 The Dover Index 12.50 James A. Kerin 46.00 Trustees of Delaware College 43.47 George W. Marshall 25.00 Charles L. Moore 35.00 The Evening Journal .98 William Hardcastle 50.00 R. G. Buckingham 47.54 Levy Court of Kent County 144.00 Clark & McDaniel 149.60 J. A. Hartnett & Bro. 90.00 Elwood Souder 54.15 Dover Lumber & Milling Company 27.71 S. B. Hancock 8.58 Charles H. Mau11 501.32 Frank Starling 1,345.82 John Wanamaker 26.25 Donohoe & Son 16.96 H. I. Beers 47.41 Alfred Raikes 8.35 George E. Coffin 2.40 Alexander G. Wolcott 8.00 J. R. Hunter 31.20 E. L. Jones & Co. 3.92 Peninsula Electric 114.91 T. K. Jones Bro. Co. 152.59 Mabel Moore 5.86 M. Megary & Sons 32.07 M. Megary & Sons 14.11 Chauncey P. Holcomb 350.00 Walter Witsil 7.00 J. S. Godwin 32.25 Every Evening 9.68 D. 0. Moore for Adding Machines for State Of-ficers 375.00 Oscawana Building Company 8.40' LAWS OF DELAWARE. 61 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. Alfred Raikes 179.00 Dover Lumber and Milling Company 4.79 W. L. Pritchett 7.25 Elmer I. Abbott 300.00 Estella Rash 15.00 Margaret G. Horn 15.00 Bessie M. Francis 15.00 Edna A. Bice 15.00 Charles R. Watson 15.00 Raymond Flinn .. 15.00 John M. Mendinhall 50.85 Charles R. Miller 50.85 Thomas M. Monaghan 50.85 Frank P. Ewing 61.70 Darlington Flinn 50.85 Lewis F. Ellison 45.00 Alexander P. Corbit 28.95 James H. David 30.75 Edward G. Walls 20.60 J. Herman Anderson 12.60 John W. Sheldrake 34.45 George W. Marshall 30.60 George F. Pierce 30.60 James E. Dutton 40.95 John W. Fooks 48.40 Louis A. Drexler 97.50 William F. Blackstone 64.02 Granville P. Alexander 50.85 Harry I. Gillis 50.85 Alfred B. Moore 51.45 Dr. T. 0. Cooper 50.85 Thomas F. Gormley 50.85 John T. Talley . 57.75 Henry C. White 50.85 Richard G. Buckingham 66.35 Andrew L. Fisher 44.10 John M. Wilson 45.45 62 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. Everett C. Johnson 44.10 Albert J. Swan 47.06 Frank R. Pool 30.00 Edward R. Hart 30.75 Andrew J. Wright 22.00 James E. Hoffecker 22.75 Thomas D. Garrison 12.39 Edward A. Evans 12.18 William H. Marvil 12.00 Thomas A. Bell 15.75 Charles S. Conwell 13.95 Benjamin F. Cooper 17.55 George E. Morris 30.00 Edward S. Beswick 30.60 Joseph G. Davis 30.60 Frank Elliott 30.75 James H. Layton 40.95 Ebenezer B. Hastings 46.80 Elder F. Lecates 52.65 John W. Messick 52.50 Dennard W. Campbell 69.60 William T. Hurdle 42.06 John H. Hammond 51.03 John M. Robbins 45.00 Oscawana Building Company 7.94 B. F. Simmons, Jr., Printer 286.13 Theodore Townsend 179.32 Raymond Flinn 25.00 H. R. Harrington 125.50 Lewis C. Moody 3.88 Bernard Moody 3.88 C. Herbert Neutze 3.88 Ruth A. Neutze 3.88 Sarah E. Foster 3.88 Elizabeth Miller 3.88 Mary H. Ford 3.88 Elizabeth C. Marks 3.88 LAWS OF DELAWARE. 63 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. Approved April 4, A. D. 1911. John R. Nicholson 3.88 David T. Marvel 3.88 Harry Emmons 3.88 Thomas F. Bayard 3.88 George L. Townsend, Jr. 3.88 John Hunn 1.18 F. J. McNulty 3.88 James W. Robertson 3.88 Robert J. Harmon 3.88 Charles E. Anderson 3.88 James T. Alexander 3.88 Theodore Francis 3.88 William G. Taylor 3.88 Lewis C. Morrow 3.88 Thomas A. Day 3.88 H. C. White 3.88 William H. Bowers 3.88 Charles Jester 3.88 Charles Smith 3.88 Samuel M. Knox 3.88 George W. Sparks 3.88 Henry Stafford 3.88 jacob G. Clark 3.88 Homer Grinnage 3.88 Thomas Holt 3.88 James Hitchens 3.88 Robert J. Benson 3.88 Sewell D. Scott 3.88 Hugh McBride 3.88 John Purcell 3.88 64 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 20. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT appropriating the sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars for the pay-ment of certain expenses incurred in building the State Administration and Library Building, and altering the State House. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Appropria- Section 1. That the sum of twelve thousand dollars be tion to NO' extra ex- and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of 'tenses In al-tetorirningg. raen- d this State for the purpose of paying certain extra expenses s completing incurred in completing the State Administration and Li- State Ilouse. brary Building and in altering and restoring the State House, such sum to be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropri-ated, upon warrant or warrants drawn by the proper officers of the Commission named under the provisions of Chapter 3, Volume 25, Laws of Delaware, entitled "An Act providing for the erection and equipment of a fire proof State Admin-istration and Library Building at Dover, and for the altera-tions to the State House" such warrant or warrants to be approved by the State Auditor. Approved March 24, A. D. 1911. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 65 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 21. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT to re-appropriate certain moneys to the State Federation of Wo-men's Clubs for Delaware for the purpose of establishing travelling li-braries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That there is re-appropriated from the Gen- Ono eral Funds of the State of Delaware an appropriation for id,er_eacipdalok_i. rs the year nineteen hundred and ten, and that the same shall printed. be paid to the Treasurer of the State Federation of Women's Clubs for Delaware, One Hundred Dollars for the purpose of establishing Travelling Libraries. Approved March 28, A. D. 1911. 66 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 22. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT appropriating Three Thousand Dollars for the Maintenance and Support of the Old Folks' Home at Dover. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (three-fourths of all the members elected to each House con-cuing. therein) $p3ri.0n,t0e d ptor y,- Section 1. That the sum of Three Thousand Dollars be VICM and the same is hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of at Df".".' this State to be paid to the Ever Ready Circle Kings Daugh-ters, a corporation of this State, for the maintenance and support of the Old Folks' Home at Dover. To IN pa id Section 2. That the said sum of Three Thousand Dol- oll warrant drawn by the Jars shall be paid to the President of said Corporation by Clover:Hu% warrant drawn by the Governor upon the State Treasurer, and the receipt of the President of said Corporation, attested by its Secretary shall be a sufficient voucher therefor. Approved April 4, A. D. 1911. Section 1. That the sum of Two Hundred Dollars be and the same is hereby annually appropriated, payable in semi-annual installments, to the Women's Christian Temper-ance Union of the State of Delaware to be expended for the support and maintenance of the Soldiers Rest Room now maintained and supported by the Women's Christian Tem-perance Union of the State of Delaware, located in the Town of Delaware City, New Castle County and State of Dela-ware. The President of the Women's Christian Temper-ance Union of the State of Delaware, the Treasurer of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of the State of Dela-ware and the President of the Women's Christian Temper-ance Union of New Castle County and State of Delaware, are hereby authorized and directed to expend the moneys hereby appropriated for the support and maintenance of the said Soldiers Rest Room. Approved April 13, A. D. 1911. $::00 annual-ly appro-priated for the main-tnance of the Soldiers Rest Room. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 67 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 23. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT appropriating certain moneys for the maintenance of the Soldiers Rest Room at Delaware City, Delaware. Whereas the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Preamble. the State'of Delaware by means of Voluntary Contributions have purchased and are maintaining property in the town of Delaware City, New Castle County and State of Dela-ware, for the purpose of a Rest Room for Soldiers in and around Delaware City, Now, Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: 68 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 24. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT authorizing the State Treasurer to pay over to the Levy Court of New Castle County the sum of Five Hundred Dollars to Reimburse the Levy Court of New Castle County for compensation paid by said to the five Assessors of Wilmington Hundred for performLeviyCnogurt the duties under the provisions of Section ig, Chapter 12, Revised Code of 1893, Laws of Delaware, as amended by Chapter 50, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware. Whereas, under the provisions of Chapter 50, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware, the five assessors of Wilmington Hundred did make out the list provided in Section 19, Chap-ter 12, Revised Code of 1893, Laws of Delaware, for their re-spective representative or assessor districts ; and Whereas, the Levy Court of New Castle dounty, under the provisions of said Chapter 50, Volume 23, Laws of Dela-ware, has paid to each of said assessors for assessments made by them respectively for two years, the sum of on hundred dollars, amounting in all to five hundred dollars, for performing the duties aforesaid ; and Whereas, the duties performed by said assessors and paid for by said Levy Court were performed for the State of Delaware, Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: State Section 1. That the State Treasurer be and he is here- Treasurer to na.y to Levy by authorized, empowered and .directed to pay over to the Court of New Castle Levy Court of New Castle County, the sum of five hundred County $500. dollars. Section 2. That the said sum of five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby expressly appropriated and set apart Preamble. Preamble. Preamble. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 69 OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. out of any moneys now being in the hands of the State Treasurer and not otherwise duly appropriated. Section 3. This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act. Approved April 13, A. D. 1911. 70 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE LEVY COURT. CHAPTER 25. OF THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT to authorize the Levy Court of New Castle County to borrow two hundred thousand dollars to be expended for the permanent improve-ment of public highways of New Castle County under the provisions of Chapter 139, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware, entitled "An Act to pro-vide for the repeal of Chapter 380, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, being an Act entitled, 'An Act to provide for the permanent improvement of the Public Highways in the State of Delaware,'" and providing for the permanent improvement of the Public Highways in New Castle County, Delaware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Lovy Section 1. That the Levy Court of New Castle County, authorized to borrow be and is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow upon MOIWY. the faith and credit of said County, as hereinafter provided, Not to ex- a sum not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, to be ex-ceed $200,000, pended for the permanent improvement of highways of New 11`,),I;iiinirve- Castle County, under the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the repeal of Chapter 380, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, being an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the permanent improvement of the public highways in the State of Delaware" and providing for the permanent improvement of the public highways in New Castle County, Delaware" being Chapter 139, Volume 23, Laws of Dela-ware, and for the purpose of securing the payment of such T,, issue sum, to issue bonds in denominations of one thousand dollars howls. each and bearing such rate of interest, not exceeding four Rato of and one-half per centum per annum as said Levy Court may deem expedient. The interest upon said bonds shall be pay- Paynnoil able semi-annually in each and every year from the date of issue thereof. Said bonds may at the option of the Levy Court contain Ireae3nMliter a provision for the redemption thereof by the Levy Court at fivo any time after the expiration of five years from the date thereof, at a premium not to exceed five per cent. Section 3. Said bonds shall be prepared under the su-pervision of the Levy Court Commissioners and shall be signed by the County Treasurer, the President of the Levy Court and the Clerk of the Peace of New Castle County, and shall be under the seal used by the Levy Court of New Castle County. It shall be the duty of such officers to execute said bonds when directed by the Levy Court to do so, and it shall be the duty of the County Treasurer and the Levy Court to keep a record of said bonds. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 71 OF THE LEVY COURT. Section 2. Said bonds shall be divided into twenty 1pelis1Tt-c, classes, and shall be paid at their face value as follows: classes. Class. Amount. Year of Maturity. A. $15,000 1945. B. $15,000 1946. C. $15,000 1947. D. $15,000 1948. E. $15,000 1949. F. $10,00b 1950. G. $10,000 1951. H. $10,000 1952. I. $10,000 1953. J. $10,000 1954. K. $10,000 1955. L. $10,000 1956. M. $10,000 1957. N. $10,000 1958. 0. $10,000 1959. P. $ 5,000 1960; Q. $ 5,000 1961. R. $ 5,000 1962. I S. $ 5,000 1963. T. $ 5,000 1964. Preparation of bonds. Flow signed and sealed. 72 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE LEVY COURT. Sale of Section 4. Said bonds, or any part thereof, may be sold bonds. when mad as the said Levy Court Commissioners, shall by resolution determine, and until sold shall remain in the cus-tody of the County Treasurer. Whenever in the judgment of the Levy Court Commissioners it shall be deemed desir-able that any part or all of said bonds shall be sold, said Levy Court Commissoners may sell and dispose of the same on the most advantageous terms possible after having advertised the same in the public press at least once each week for at least two weeks. No commission or other compensation shall be charged or paid to any member of said Levy Court for ef-fecting the sale or negotiation of said bonds. Payable at Section 5. Said bonds, principal and interest shall be the Farmers' Panic. payable at the Farmers' Bank at Wilmington, Delaware, in gold coin of the United States of America equal in weight and fineness to the present standard, out of the money from time to time appropriated for that purpose by the Levy Court of New Castle County as hereinafter provided; and Levy Court directed to the said Levy Court is hereby authorized and directed to pay ,.anN:1 Imn at (iru(;set the interest on said bonds to the said Farmers' Bank when bonds, and as the same shall become due and to pay said bonds when and as the respective classes mature, in accordance with the foregoing schedule. The said Levy Court in fixing the rate of taxation shall annually, until the first instalment Shall provide of said bonds shall become due and payable, pro-vide for a no sum equal to sum equal to the amount of interest due each year upon said 7117101.1 L or Interest and bonds, and as and when said bonds shall become due and or bonds due. payable, shall in like manner provide for a sum equal to the amount of such bonds in addition to the amount necessary to pay the interest on the unpaid bonds as before provided, which shall, when collected and paid to the County Treas- No compen-sation for effecting sale. county Treasurer urer, be set apart by him in a separate account to be opened to keep a sPparato for that purpose; and the said County Treasurer shall apply ile,01111t. the said sum annually to the payment of such part of said loan and interest thereon as may from time to time become due under the provisions of Section 2 of this Act. 1 V A LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE LEVY COURT. Section 6. All of said bonds shall bear the same date number.t1 and shall be numbered from one to two hundred inclusive. All money received from the sale of any or all of said bonds, after the payment of the charges and expenses connected with the preparation and sale thereof, shall be deposited by isZNObdeincle-the County Treasurer at the Farmers' Bank at Wilmington euil.:,FBaal;Z: to the credit of the Levy Court of New Castle County, in a separate account, and payments therefrom shall be made in the same manner as other payments by said Levy Court; provided that no part of the money thus obtained, except as in this Section provided, shall be used for any other purpose than for the permanent improvement of highways under the provisions of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the re-peal of Chapter 380, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, being an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the permanent improve-ment of the public highways in the State of Delaware" and providing for the permanent improvement of the public Highways in New Castle County, Delaware" being Chapter 139, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware ; and provided further that the purchasers or holders of said bonds shall not be bound to see to, or be affected by, the application of said money realized from the sale of said bonds. And provided further, that of the money thus obtained, not less than the amounts hereinafter specified shall be spent in the following In°ptleTI:f Hundreds for the permanent improvement of highways un-der the provisions of this Act, viz : 1 Brandywine Hundred, not less than $29,300.00 Christiana Hundred, not less than $34,600.00 Mill Creek Hundred, not less than $22,300.00 White Clay Creek Hundred, not less than $16,100.00 New Castle Hundred, not less than $24,700,00 Pencader Hundred, not less than $10,700,00 f. Red Lion Hundred, not less than $10,400.00 St. Georges Hundred, not less than $25,300.00 Appoquinimink Hundred, not less than $10,300.00 Blackbird Hundred, not less than $ 7,500.00 73 7-1 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE LEVY COURT. Section 7. The following roads shall be fully built and completed in the respective hundreds under the provisions of this Act, in so far as the funds by this Act provided will per-mit, before any other roads in said hundreds shall be built, namely : In Brandywine Hundred, the road leading from the Wilmington and Philadelphia Turnpike to the Pennsylvania line, provided no provision be made for the improvement of such road out of any other fund; the Weldin road, beginning at the Foulk road, as far as the .Talley road, thence by way of the Talley road to Shellpot School ; the road leading from Miller's Crossroads on the Foulk road to the Naaman's Creek Road at Point Breeze School House; and the Marsh Road leading from the Wilmington and Philadelphia Turn-pike to the Silverside improved road. In Christiana Hundred, the road leading from the Wil-mington and Kennett Turnpike Road to Price's Corner by way of the Ferris Industrial School ; the road leading from said the Wilmington and Kennett Turnpike Road to the Jackson Inn on the Wilmington and Lancaster Turnpike Road; and the West Chester Road leading from Adam's Crossroads to McCullough's Crossroads. Alill Cr001: In Mill Creek Hundred, beginning at Hendrickson's Hutuircd. farm on the Telegraph Road leading from St. James' Church to Newark, thence to Taylor's old factory, thence by way of Pike's Creek to Rankin Road, thence to Fairview road, and thence to Union. In White Clay Creek Hundred, the road known as the Newark and Elkton Road, from the limits of the Town of Newark to the line of Pencader Hundred; then the unim-proved portion of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Turnpike between Christiana and Gooch's Bridge. In New Castle Hundred, the Hare's Corner Road, from the limits of the City of New Castle to the State Road at Hare's Corner ; then the Wilmington and New Castle Road, Roads to 130 built and 0ornnleted first. In Brandy-wine 1-Ito-trod. Iti Ch11i 1$- I Jam It un - dr0d. In (lay Creel: Hundred In Ni'lV castle Hun-dred. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 75 OF THE LEVY COURT. from the limits of the City of New Castle to the portion of this road already improved; then the road leading from Ty-bout's Corner, to the Bear, beginning at the portion of this road already improved. In Pencader Hundred, the road known as the Newark IHnu Rnderne"d'." 1" and Elkton road, from the line of White Clay Creek Hundred to the Maryland State Line. In Red Lion Hundred, the road leading from Kirkwood IHnu Rnd"dre Ld. i" Station to the Village of St. Georges. In St. Georges Hundred, the road leading from Odessa Mosi. towards St. Georges by way of Boyd's Corner, provided no Hundred. provision be made for the improvement of such road out of any other fund. In Appoquinimink Hundred, the road beginning at inini)p?-. Ginn's Corner and continuing towards Blackbird, provided funinniTe:Lsa no provision be made for the improvement of such road out of any other fund. In Blackbird Hundred, the road leading from Clayton to in Block- Cypress Bridge, beginning at the Kent County line.bird Hun - tired. Section 8. The bonds to be issued shall be in the follow- rorm of ing form, to wit : honag. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATE OF DELAWARE. Class Number NEW CASTLE COUNTY HIGH WAY I M PROVE M ENT. BOND. THIRD SERIES. $1000.00 $1000.00 New Castle County in the State of Delaware, for value received, hereby acknowledges its indebtedness and promises 76 LAWS OF DELAWARE.. OF THE LEVY COURT. to pay to the holder of this bond at the Farmers' Bank at Wilmington, on the day of A. D., 19 , the sum of One Thousand Dollars, with interest there-on at the rate of per centum per annum, payable semi-annually on the day of and in each year. This bond is one of the au-thorized issue of two hundred bonds aggregating two hun-dred thousand dollars, by virtue of and in strict compliance with an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Dela-ware, approved A. D. 1911 entitled "An Act to authorize the Levy Court of New Castle County to borrow two hundred thousand dollars to be expended for the permanent improve-ment of public highways in New Castle County under the provisions of Chapter 139, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware entitled "An Act to provide for the repeal of Chapter 380, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, being an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the permanent improvement of public highways in the State of Delaware" and providing for the permanent improvement of the public highways in New Castle County, Delaware" and in pursuance of a resolution of the Levy Court of New Castle County, adopted A. D., 19 . It is hereby certified that this bond is one of the issue au-thorized by the above recited Act of the General Assembly and that the faith and credit of said New Castle County are pledged for the punctual payment of the principal and inter-est of this bond according to the terms. In Witness Whereof the County Treasurer, President of the Levy Court and Clerk of the Peace, of New Castle County, have hereunto set their hands and the seal used by the Levy Court of New Castle County, at the City of Wil-mington, in Delaware, this clay of A. D. 19 . County Treasurer of New Castle County. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 77 OF THE LEVY COURT. , President of the Levy Court of New Castle County. , Clerk of the Peace of New Castle County. Section 9. Said bonds shall contain such provisions in addition to those set forth in Section 8 of this Act, and not inconsistent with the requirements of this Act, as said Levy Court shall determine. Approved April 6, A. D. 1911. May contain other pro-visions not inconsistent. 78 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE LEVY COURT. CHAPTER 26. OF THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT to authorize the Levy Court of New Castle County to borrow money to build an annex to the New Castle County Court House. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met : Authorized Section 1. The Levy Court of New Castle County is to erect an 111111eX the hereby authorized and directed to erect upon the land owned N..V COUnly by New Castle County, in the City of Wilmington, bounded Court !louse. by Market Street, King Street, Eleventh Street and Tenth Street, an annex to the New Castle County Court House, which said annex may be connected to the said New Castle County Court House or may be built separate therefrom ; said annex shall be of fire proof construction, and shall con-tain a court room or rooms and such other rooms and offices as may be necessary for the use of the court and officers and such county officers as the Levy Court may by resolution wmi: and designate. The work and materials for said annex shall be 110 furnished furnished by contract or contracts; and it shall be the duty by contract. of the said Levy Court to advertise for proposals and to let I y to deter - !nin Mut t pot t 1.11H Shall courts and county of - flees. Shall ecorded. IJ,VY Ctffirt tO the same to the lowest and best bidder or bidders, subject to f Or the approval of the said Levy Court who shall have power to reject any and all bids. Section 2. That when the said annex shall be erected, completed and ready for use, the said Levy Court shall make and certify an allotment of the portions of said building to be used and occupied by the courts and for the several offices and uses designated in the first section of this act, and such certificates shall be recorded in the Recorder's Office for said County, and shall be conclusive as to the matters therein contained. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 79 OF THE LEVY COURT. Section 3. Upon the recording of said certificates, the Power to Levy Court shall have power to cause to be removed such heonolinpa-. l books, papers, records and other property belonging to or in LTer .s,'oecoids. any wise connected with the county offices, as designated in ann"- the first section of this act, or with the courts of said county from the present Court House of New Castle County to said annex so erected under authority of this act, whereof public notice shall be immediately given in such manner as said Levy Court shall direct ; and from and after such removal, the respective courts now held in the present Court House Courts may may be either held in the said annex or in the present Court 11):ese°11t n House as the Judges of said courts may designate ; and the public offices as designated by the Levy Court shall be kept ruAght% shall in saidbuilding, and the said building shall be deemed and dsei nbaoh' taken to be a part of the Court House and seat of justice for1( )leaen1r./1ptea to New Castle County for all uses and purposes. the Court I-louse. Section 4. For the purpose of erecting said building, Authorized the said Levy Court is hereby authorized and directed to bor- t$7014',gr row upon the credit of New Castle County such sum or sums of money as may be necessary, not exceeding in the aggre-gate One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), and for such purpose may issue bonds or certificates of indebtedness, i;10711:!:4su" of such denomination, in such form, payable at such time, and bearing such rate of interest, not exceeding four and one-half per centum (4,4r, ) as said Levy Court may deem expedient. Approved March 28, A. D. 1911. 80 LAWS OF DELAWARE. . OF THE LEVY COURT. CHAPTER 27. OF THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT to enable the Levy Court of New Castle County to build a bridge over the Christiana Creek in the place of Third Street Bridge in Wil-mington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-tives in General Assembly met: Authority Section 1. That the Levy Court of New Castle County to construct a Midge over shall have and is hereby granted full power and authority to the Chris-tiana Creek. construct a bridge over the Christiana Creek at Third Street, in the City of Wilmington. Authority Section 2. That if it should seem advisable to the Levy given to change loco- Court to change the location of the said bridge from Third tion of bridge. Street full authority is hereby given to make such change and to construct the bridge authorized by this Act at any Point south of Fifth Street and north of Second Street. Commis- Section 3. That whenever it shall be necessary for the stoners may he appointed Levy Court aforesaid, for the purpose of building the said to assess damages. bridge, or the approaches thereto, or making the same ac-cessible, to enter in and upon and occupy any lands, the own-ers of which refuse to permit such entry and occupation, then it shall be lawful for the Superior Court of New Castle County, in term time, or any Judge of the said Court in vaca-tion, upon application of the said Levy Court, and at the cost and charge of the same, to appoint five disinterested men of the said county, who shall go upon the said lands and assess the damages of such owner or owners fairly and impartially, taking into consideration all the benefits to be derived from or in consequence of said bridge to the said owner or owners, and the said commissioners shall certify their finding and award to both parties ; whereupon the Levy Court, on paying the damages so assessed, shall become entitled to have, use LAWS OF DELAWARE. 81 OF THE LEVY COURT. and enjoy the said lands for the purpose required by them forever. And in case the owner or owners of any land neces- In case sary for the purposes of the Levy Court shall be a minor, or !mild be°11. non-resident, or for any cause incapable of receiving, or un- m nor. willing, or neglecting to receive said damages, the said Levy Court may deposit the amount of the said damages to the credit of said owner or owners in the Farmers' Bank of the State of Delaware, at Wilmington, subject to the order of such owner or owners; whereupon the said Levy Court shall be entitled to have, use and enjoy the said lands and prem-ises required for the purposes aforesaid for or on account of which the damages shall have been so assessed. The ex-penses of the assessment of said damages shall always be paid by the Levy Court. Section 4. That the Levy Court of New Castle County be aAmornripzoe,d,_ and is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow upon the erroew'd $ t1°5 0.000. faith and credit of said County, as hereinafter provided, a sum not exceeding One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000) to be expended in erecting, constructing and completing a bridge over the Christiana Creek, in the place of Third Street Bridge, in Wilmington, and for the purpose of securing the payment of such sum to issue bonds in de- 'ro issue bonds. nominations of one Thousand Dollars each and bearing such rate of interest not exceeding four and one-half per centum illn L et e°sft. per annum as said Levy Court may deem expedient. The in- 11)ra°v va b I e . terest upon said bonds shall be payable semi-annually in each and every year from the date of issue thereof. Section 5. Said bonds shall be divided into ten classes How bonds shall be and shall be paid at their face value, as follows : divided. Class. Amount. Year of Maturity. $15,000 1931 $15,000 1932 $15,000 1933 $15,000 1934 $15,000 1935 $15,000 1936 82 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Provision for re-demption. How pre-pared and signed. Duty of officers. Record to be kept. now sold. No commis-sion or com-pensation shall be elm rged. payabh :it the Farm-ers Bank. OF THE LEVY COURT. Said bonds may at the option of the Levy Court contain a provision for the redemption thereof by the Levy Court at any time after the expiration of five years from the date thereof at a premium not exceeding five per centum. Section 6. Said bonds shall be prepared under the su-pervision of the Levy Court Commissioners and shall be signed by the County Treasurer, the |
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