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Section 2. That the Act entitled "An Act Providing for the commutation by "The Wilmington and Northern Railroad Company' of taxes provided for by the Act entitled 'An Act Taxing Former Act Railroad and Canal Companies in this State,'" passed at Dover, April 8, 1869, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved March 8, A. D. 1901.

repealed.

CHAPTER 21.

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AN ACT TO RE-ADJUST THE AMOUNTS TO BE PAID BY THE DELAWARE,
MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA RAILROAD COMPANY, IN COMMUTATION
OF ITS STATE TAXES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of
Delaware in General Assembly met, as follows:

Section 1. That the Treasurer of the State be and he is State Treasurer hereby authorized and directed to accept and receive from The to receive tax. Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad Company in the year

amount of.

of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one, and in each and every year hereafter until otherwise directed by the Legislature, the annual sum of Eight hundred dollars, to be paid in Annual manner following, viz.: the sum of Two hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents on the first day of April (being in ad- How pald. dition to the sum of One hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents paid by the said Company on the first day of January) and the sum of Two hundred dollars on each of the first days of July and October in the present year, and thereafter by equal quarterly instalments of Two hundred dollars each on the first days of January, April, July and October in each year, which said payments shall be in lieu of all taxes which may hereafter be- In lieu of all come due from said Company in each year as aforesaid under

taxes.

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any and all laws of this State; and upon each payment thereof in the manner aforesaid, the State Treasurer shall execute and deliver to said Company a proper acquittance therefor; Provided, however, that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to repeal, modify or in any manner affect any existing law imposing taxes upon the said Company, otherwise than to suspend collections of said taxes in any year which the said Company shall pay to the State Treasurer the amount specified in this Act, nor shall the provisions of this Act, or anything hereNot to exempt in contained, be construed into a contract exempting the said Company from the payments of such taxes as the Legislature of this State may hereafter impose upon said Company.

company from future taxa

tion.

Former acts repealed.

Section 2. That the Act entitled An Act providing for the commutation by "The Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad Company" of taxes, provided for by the Acts entitled "An Act to raise revenue for this State," passed at Dover, August 11, 1864, and also by the Act entitled "An Act taxing railroad and canal companies in this State," passed at Dover, April 8, 1869," passed April 9, 1885, be and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved March 14, A. D. 1901.

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CHAPTER 22.

OF VETERINARIANS.

AN ACT REQUIRING ALL VETERINARIANS TO REGISTER AND PAY AN
ANNUAL LICENSE FEE OF TEN DOLLARS TO THE STATE THEREFOR.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of
Delaware in General Assembly met :

Peace.

Section 1. That all veterinarians now or hereafter intending Veterinarians to register with to practice their profession in the State of Delaware shall appear Clerk of the in the office of the Clerk of the Peace of one of the counties of this State and cause himself to be registered in a book to be kept by the Clerks of the Peace for that purpose, and pay to such Pay a license fee of $10. Clerk of the Peace a fee of Ten dollars for the State and fifty cents for the fee of such Clerk of the Peace. Such Clerk of the Peace clerk of the shall issue to such person a license authorizing him to practice licenses to. the profession of veterinarian within the State of Delaware for the period of one year from the date of such license.

Peace to issue

prepared by

Such licenses shall be prepared by the Secretary of State License to be and issued to such Clerks of the Peace, and the license fees ac- Secretary of counted for as in the case of licenses to practice medicine.

Approved March 9, A. D. 1901.

State.

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Appropriations for year 1901.

Unexpended

moneys covered into treasury.

Governor.

Secretary of
State.

CHAPTER 23.

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 TWO.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of
Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That the several amounts named in this Act or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated and authorized to be paid out of the Treasury of this State to the respective public officers, and for the several purposes specified for the current fiscal year ending on Monday immediately preceding the second Tuesday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two; provided, however, that all parts or portions of the several sums appropriated by this Act, which, on said Monday immediately preceding said second Tuesday of January, A. D. 1902, shall not have been paid out of the Treasury, shall be covered back into the General Fund of the Treasury. The said several sums hereby appropriated are as follows, viz.:

For the Governor for salary, two thousand dollars. For postage, stationery and expenses of Governor's office, five hundred dollars.

For the Secretary of State for salary, one thousand dollars.

For indexing and preparing for publication laws of the session of the Legislature, held in the year 1901, five hundred and fifty dollars.

For the Secretary of State to pay the contingent expenses of his office, eight hundred dollars.

For the Secretary of State, as compensation for performing

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the duties imposed on him by an Act entitled "An Act to raise revenue for the State by taxing certain corporations," five hundred dollars.

For the Stenographer and Typewriter for the Governor and Stenographer Secretary of State for salary, six hundred dollars.

For the State Librarian for salary, five hundred and fifty dollars. For current expenses of State Library, one hundred dollars.

For the purchase of law books for State Library, three hundred dollars.

and typewriter for Governor and Secretary of State.

Librarian.

For the Janitor of the State House for salary, five hundred Janitor. dollars.

For the Chancellor for salary, four thousand and five hun- Chancellor. dred dollars.

For the Chancellor for reporting, two hundred dollars.

For the Chancellor to pay the contingent expenses of the Court of Chancery, two hundred dollars.

For the Chancellor as compensation for one hundred copies. of "Nicholson's Delaware Chancery Reports," Volume 1, eight hundred dollars.

For the Chief Justice for salary, four thousand and five hun- Chief Justice. dred dollars.

For the four Associate Judges salarles, sixteen thousand Associate dollars.

Judges.

For the Associate Judge resident in Kent County for re- Associate porting, two hundred dollars.

Judge of Kent
County.

Reports.

For the Associate Judge residing in Kent County as com- Pennewill's pensation for one hundred copies of "Pennewill's Delaware Reports," Volume 2, one thousand dollars.

For the two Judges under the late Constitution, who were Ex-Judges. not reappointed under the recently amended Constitution, three thousand dollars.

For the Court Stenographer for salary, one thousand and court stenofive hundred dollars. For transcript for Supreme Court and graper. Assistant Stenographer, three hundred and fifty dollars.