SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. CHAP. 10 VOL. 19. CHAP. 383 VOL 13. CHAPTER 10. VOL. 19. LAWS OF DELAWARE. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TWO COLLECTORS FOR SOUTH MURDER KILL HUNDRED. South Murderkill tricts. SECTION 1. That South Murderkill hundred shall be divided, for the purpose of a divided into two more convenient collection of taxes, into two collection districts, having for their collection disboundaries the same lines and being of the same dimensions as the election districts of Dimensions. said hundred, designated as No. I and No. 2 in Section 1, Chapter 450, Vol. 18 Laws of Delaware. Court. SEC. 2. That one collector shall be apponted by the Levy Court for each of the col- Collectors aplection districts aforesaid according to the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 8, Revised Pointed by Levy Statutes of this State, and all other laws applicable to the collectors of the several hundreds appointed under the provisions of the said section shall be applicable to the collectors of the collection districts hereby established. SEC. 3. Repealing section. Passed at Dover, February 19, 1891. * * CHAPTER 383. VOL. 13. LAWS OF DELAWARE. AN ACT TO FORM A NEW HUNDRED IN KENT COUNTY OUT OF New hundred SECTION 1. That an additional or new hundred shall be and is hereby established and created in Kent county, for the purpose of holding the general and special elections, created in Kent the election of assessors and inspectors, and for the appointment of constables and collect-county. ors and for such other purposes as may be necessary to constitute the same a distinct and separate hundred, with all the rights which may properly appertain to it as such. The said new or additional hundred shall be called and known by the name of Kenton Hun- Name, dred, and shall include and embrace all that portion of Duck Creek Hundred and Little Certain portions Creek Hundred, in Kent county aforesaid, as at present constituted, lying on the west and Little Creek side of the west line of the Delaware railroad, and all the laws of this State that apply hundreds to compose said to hundreds in Kent county, as such, shall apply and extend to Kenton Hundred here- hundreds. by created and established as a separate and distinct hundred. of Duck Creek SEC. 2. That from and after the passage of this Act, that Duck Creek Hundred shall Limits of Duck include and embrace that part of Duck Creek Hundred as at present constituted, lying Creek and Little Creek hundreds. on the east side of the western line of the Delaware railroad, and Little Creek Hundred shall include and embrace that part of Little Creek Hundred as at present constitated, lying on the east side of the western line of the Delaware railroad aforesaid. SEC. 3. That Duck Creek Hundred, Little Creek Hundred, and Kenton Hundred, as formed by this Act, shall each have one of the commissioners of the Levy Court and Levy Court ComCourt of Appeal. * * * And after the passage of this Act Duck Creek Hun- each hundred. missioners for Poor. dred shall be entitled to two constables, and Kenton Hundred and Little Creek Hun- Constables. dred each to one constable. The Levy Court of Kent county may appoint annually an Trustee of the additional trustee of the poor for said county, to reside in Kenton Hundred. SEC. 4. That all general and special elections, and all elections for assessors and inspectors, shall be held in Kenton Hundred at the hotel now owned by John Green, in tions in Kenton the town of Kenton. Where the elec hundred are to be held. Collector to be appointed. SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. CHAP. 383 VOL. 13. CHAP. 549 VOL. 19. CHAP. 1. SEC. 5. That the Levy Court of Kent county shall, in the month of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and in each year thereafter, at the time fixed by law for the appointment of collectors, appoint a collector for Kenton Hundred, and all the laws relating to collectors in Kent county shall extend and apply to the collector of said hundred. Mispillion hundred divided into two assess Passed at Dover, February 3, 1869. CHAPTER 549. VOL. 19. LAWS OF DELAWARE. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TWO ASSESSORS AND TWO COLLECTORS SECTION 1. That Mispillion Hundred, in Kent county, shall be divided for the more convenient assessment and collection of taxes, into two assessment and collection disment and collec- tricts, having for their boundaries the same lines and being of the same dimensions as the election districts of said hundred, as now established and designated as District No. I and District No. 2. tion districts. Election of assessors. Duty of assessors. Appointment of collectors. SEC. 2. That at the next election for assessors in said hundred, there shall be elected one assessor for each district as provided for in Section I of this Act and until such election is held, the present assessor shall perform all the duties and have all the powers now provided by law. SEC. 3. That the duties of the assessors elected under the provisions of this Act shall, within the assessment district herein established, be the same as those prescribed by law for the assessors of the several hundreds, and all laws applicable to assessors elected under the provisions of Chapters 17 and 19 of the Revised Statutes of this State and not inconsistent with this Act, shall apply to assessors of the assessment districts hereby established. SEC. 4. That one collector shall be appointed by the Levy Court of Kent county for each of the collection districts aforesaid, according to the provisions of Section 19, Laws applicable. Chapter 8, Revised Statutes of this State, and all other laws applicable to the collectors of the several hundreds appointed under the provisions of the said section shall be applicable to the collectors of the collection districts hereby established. Hundreds in Passed at Dover, February 8, 1893. SEC. 8. Sussex county shall be divided into [thirteen] hundreds, namely: Cedar Creek, Broadkiln, Nanticoke, North West Fork, [Seaford,] Broad Creek, Little Creek, Dagsborough, Baltimore, Indian River, Lewes and Rehoboth, [Georgetown] and Gumborough. CHAPTER 217. VOL. 8. LAWS OF DELAWARE. AN ACT TO FORM TWO HUNDREDS OF WHAT WAS HERETOFORE SECTION 1. That Broadkiln Hundred shall on or before the first day of October in SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. CHAP. 217 VOL. 8. CHAP. 253 VOL. 12. two hundreds. division line. the present year, be divided into two Hundreds for the purpose of holding the general Broadkiln in Sussex county to and special elections, the election of assessors and inspectors and the appointment of be divided into constables; and George R. Fisher, George Frame and John Ponder, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners and they or a majority of them are hereby authorized Commissioners appointed to and required to establish, mark and bound, a dividing line through the said hundred, establish the to begin on the line between Indian River and Broadkiln Hundred, and to run from thence to the line of Cedar Creek Hundred, and the beginning, middle and end of said line shall each be of an equal distance from Georgetown and Milton, as near as can be estimated without actual measurement; and the said Commissioners or any two of them shall make and sign two certificates thereof; one shall be recorded in the office for re- Two certificates to be made; cording of deeds in Sussex county, and the record thereof shall be evidence, and the when to be other shall be by the Clerk of the Peace, recorded among the proceedings of the Levy recorded. Court and Court of Appeals of said county; and all that part of said hundred on the One part to be east and north-east of said line, shall form and be one of the hundreds of Sussex county, called Broadkiln and shall be Broadkiln hundred; and all that part of what before the passing of this hundred and the act was a part of Broadkiln hundred, on the west and south-west of said dividing line Georgetown shall form and be one of the hundreds of Sussex county, by the name of Georgetown hundred; and all laws that extend to and apply to hundreds in Sussex county as such, shall extend to and be applied to Georgetown hundred, as one of the hundreds of said apply to huncounty, and to the electors therein : And provided also, that the expenses and charges of the roads, bridges and causeways, in said hundreds of Broadkiln and Georgetown as formed under the provisions of this act, which are not to be borne by the county, shall be at the same rate on the hundred dollars of rates and valu- bridges, &c.; ations in one of said hundreds as in the other, and the said roads, bridges and causeways shall be at the joint charge of said two hundreds, and shall be supported and maintained accordingly. SEC. 2. That the electors of Georgetown hundred shall hold their general and their Elections for special elections, and all elections for assessors and inspectors, at the court house in hundred to be Georgetown. SEC. 3. Inoperative. SEC. 4. SEC. 5. * * * * * other to be called hundred All laws that dreds extended to Georgetown hundred. Roads and how to be supported. Georgetown held at George town. Each of the have one con * there shall be but one constable in hundreds to Broadkiln Hundred, and one to reside in Georgetown, for Georgetown Hundred; and stable only. so much of the fifth section of the act concerning constables as authorizes the appointment of two constables in each of said hundreds, be and the same is hereby repealed. Passed at Dover, Jan. 29, 1833. CHAPTER 253, VOL. 12. LAWS OF DELAWARE. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LEVY COURT COMMISSIONER FOR GEORGETOWN HUNDRED, SUSSEX COUNTY. Each hundred to have one Levy Court Commissioner and one Poor. SECTION 1. That each of the said hundreds of Broadkiln and Georgetown, in Sus- Trustee of the sex county, shall be entitled to, and shall have, one commissioner of the Levy Court and Court of Appeal and one Trustee of the Poor. SEC. 2. * * Commissioner for Georgetown Hd. to be elected * a Commissioner of the Levy Court and Court of Ap- for four years. peal shall be elected for said hundred, for the term of four years. SEC. 3. That the Levy Court of Sussex County, shall annually, in the month of Levy Court to February, appoint one Trustee of the Poor for each of said Hundreds of Broadkiln and Trustee of the Georgetown to succeed those whose terms have then expired; but the appointment hundred. appoint one Poor for each North-West Fork hundred divided into two Elect on Dis. tricts. How divided Elections; where held. SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. CHAP. 253 VOL. 12. CHAP. 38 VOL. 12. CHAP. 384 VOL. 12. shall bear date on the first Tuesday of said month and the term shall be computed from that day. SEC. 4. SEC. 5. That all laws and parts of laws of this State, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed and made null and void. Passed at Dover, January 16, 1863. CHAPTER 38. VOL. 12. LAWS OF Delaware. AN ACT TO DIVIDE NORTH WEST FORK HUNDRED INTO TWO ELEC- SECTION 1. For the purpose of holding elections for State, County and other officers North-West Fork hundred, CHAPTER 384. VOL. 12. LAWS OF DELAWARE. AN ACT TO DIVIDE NORTH-WEST FORK HUNDRED, IN SUSSEX SECTION 1. That North-West Fork Hundred, in Sussex County, shall be and the same is hereby divided into two hundreds for the purpose of holding the general and divided into two special elections, the election of assessors and inspectors, and for the appointment of Sussex county, hundreds. For what purposes divided. Names of hundreds. constables, and for such other purposes as may be necessary to constitute the respective hundreds distinct and separate hundreds, with the rights that may properly appertain to them as such. All that part of said North-West Fork Hundred now embraced in Upper North-West Fork election district shall constitute one hundred of Sussex County, and shall be called and known by the name North-West Fork Hundred, and all that part of said North-West Fork Hundred, now embraced in Lower North-West Fork election district shall constitute one hundred in Sussex County, and shall be called and known by the name of Seaford Hundred, and all laws of this State that apply to Hundreds of Sussex County, as such, shall apply and extend to the said North-West Fork Hundred and the said Seaford Hundred as separate and distinct hundreds. SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. CHAP. 384 VOL. 12. CHAP. 355 VOL. 14. SEC. 2. That North-West Fork Hundred and Seaford Hundred, as formed by this Each hundred to have a Levy act, shall each have one of the commissioners of the Levy Court and Court of Appeal; Court Commiseach shall have and be entitled to a separate assessor, collector and inspector, and such other officers as may have been provided by law for the said North-West Fork Hun- inspector. dred as it existed heretofore. * * * * * * sioner assessor, collector and Poor SEC. 3. That the Levy Court of Sussex county shall, in addition to the seperate Trustee of the officers provided for in the preceding section, appoint annually, at the term now for each hundred. fixed by law for the appointment of trustees of the poor, one Trustee of the poor for each of said hundreds. SEC. 4That the dividing line between said hundreds of North-West Fork and The division line Seaford shall be the line as laid down in the first section of Chapter 38, Volume 12 of Delaware Laws, of the act entitled "An act to divide North-West Fork hundred into two election districts." SEC. 5. That all general and special elections, and all elections for Assessors and Elections; Inspectors, shall be held in the said hundreds of North-West Fork and Seaford at the where held. places now designated by law for holding elections in Upper North-West Fork election district, and in Lower North-West Fork election District. Passed at Dover, March 11, 1869. CHAPTER 355. VOL. 14. LAWS OF DELAWARE. hundred created. Boundaries AN ACT ERECTING GUMBOROUGH HUNDRED IN SUSSEX COUNTY. SECTION 1. That all those parts of Broad Creek and Dagsborough hundreds, in Gumborough Sussex County, included within the following limits, be and are hereby erected into and established as a new hundred to be called Gumborough, to wit: Beginning at a stone on the Delaware and Maryland State line, near the line Methodist Episcopal Church, thence along the middle of the public road passing by Parson's store, Whitesville, Tuckerhill school house, to the line dividing Broad Creek and Little Creek hundred; thence along the said line to a public road near Bethesda Methodist Episcopal Church; thence along the middle of said road, across Terrapin-hill mill-dam, taking the middle of the right hand public road at that point; thence along the middle of said public road by Elijah Hudson's, the widow West's, to the Bacon or English steam saw-mill; thence leaving said saw-mill to and with the line dividing School Districts numbers forty-three and one hundred and fifty-two until it intersects with the line dividing Broad Creek and Dagsborough Hundreds; thence with said line to the public road leading from Lowe's Cross Roads to the high house on the land of Tilghman S. Johnson; thence in a straight line to "The Turn" on the long Bridge in the Cedar Swamp; thence with the High Bridge and Jacob's Ditch till it intersects the Delaware and Maryland State line, and thence along said line to the place of beginning. Elections; where held. SEC. 2. All elections in said hundred shall be held at [the office now owned by Jane E. Hearn, the said office being now occupied by E. H. Tyre,] and all general laws relating to hundreds and elections therein, and not inconsistent herewith, shall be applicable to Gumborough hundred. The Levy Court of Sussex county shall, as soon as may be after the Levy Court to cause duplicate passage of this act, from the last assessments of Broad Creek and Dagsborough or assessment hundreds cause a duplicate or assessment list of the persons and property in Gum- list to be made. borough Hundred, as established by this act, to be made, and the list so made shall Taxes collected be the assessment list of Gumborough Hundred, and the taxes yearly levied on persons by collector. SEC. 3. |