OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. CHAPTER 5. OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. AN ACT to amend "An act dividing Christiana Hundred in two Election Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State Delaware in General Assembly met: amended. SECTION 1. That Chapter 385, Volume 13, Section five, Chapter 385, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the word Volume 13, "collector" in the sixteenth line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Clerk of the Peace." Passed at Dover, February 13, 1883. CHAPTER 6. OF THE STATE HOUSE, LIBRARY AND PUBLIC OFFICES. AN ACT to establish the State Library. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: State Libra ry. SECTION I. The State Library shall consist of the books, Contents of pamphlets, maps, charts and documents of every kind now Sta belonging to the same, together with such others as it may hereafter acquire by gift, purchase, exchange or otherwise. ment by the rian. SECTION 2. The Governor shall, on the first Tuesday of AppointApril in the year A. D. 1883, and every two years thereafter, Governor of appoint a State Librarian, who shall hold his office for the State Libraterm of two years, beginning on the ninth day of April next Term. following his appointment, and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified. Before entering upon his duties the Librarian shall take the oath of office and give a bond to the Bond apState in the sum of two thousand dollars, with two sureties proved by Condition. Duties. OF THE STATE HOUSE, LIBRARY AND PUBLIC OFFICES. to be approved by the Governor, conditioned for the faithful performance of his official duties, the safe keeping and delivery to his successor of all property belonging to the Library; such oath and bond to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. SECTION 3. The Librarian shall have general charge of the State House, and shall see that the same is properly cared for. He shall, by and with the consent of the judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals, make such rules and regulations governing the Library and its use as may to them seem Books to be proper. He shall keep a complete record of all the books taken from the Library, and require the return of the same days, unless within thirty days, unless renewed by a written application; but in no case shall there be more than one renewal. returned within 30 renewed. Fine. When. In case any person taking books from the Library should fail to return the same within thirty days or renew as above provided, then, and in that event, he shall be fined by the Librarian the sum of ten cents per book for each and every week such book or books are so unlawfully retained. The said fine to be collected by the Librarian as such debts are by law How collect- now collected, and the proceeds arising from such collection pended. to be expended by him in purchasing stationery for the Li ed and ex Record to be kept of brary. SECTION 4. The Librarian shall also keep a complete books, etc. record of all books, pamphlets, &c., received by him for the State Library, properly label, and acknowledge the receipt of the same. SECTION 5. Immediately upon the publication of the laws by the Secretary of State, he shall deposit in the Library Duties as to fifty copies, and the Librarian shall send a copy of the same the laws of to the library of each State and Territory in the Union, one the the State to the Congressional Library, one to Delaware College, one Reports. to the Historical Society of the State of Delaware, and one disposal of and Judicial to the New Castle County Law Library. The Secretary of State shall also, upon the receipt of the Judicial Reports, and the Chancery Reports, place in the Library, in addition to the number now required by law to be placed therein, a number of copies thereof equal to the number of States and Territories of the United States, and the Congressional Library, Delaware College, the Historical Society of the State of Delaware, and the New Castle County Law Library, and the Librarian shall thereupon transmit one copy thereof to the OF THE STATE HOUSE, LIBRARY AND PUBLIC OFFICES. library of each State and Territory above named, one to the General As SECTION 6. The Librarian shall, on the first day of the Report to sessions of the General Assembly of this State, make a report sembly. to the same, setting forth the condition of the Library, the Contents. number of fines levied and collected, the number and title of books lost during the two years past, and the number and kinds of books received by him for the Library in that period, and all other things concerning the Library that he may deem proper. He shall also keep the Library open each day, except Sundays and legal holidays, from 10 o'clock, A. M. to 12 o'clock, M., and from 2 o'clock to 4 o'clock, P. M., and Library. during the sessions of the Legislature and the sessions of the When to Courts in Kent County, from 9 o'clock, A. M. to 9 o'clock, close. P. M. open and may remove SECTION 7. That at any time, when the State Librarian shall fail to perform his duties as hereinbefore prescribed, Governor then, and in that event, the Governor may remove him, and Librarian. appoint some other competent person to fill the unexpired term. SECTION 8. When. rent ex penses to be warrant of That the sum of seventy-five dollars per year $75 for curis hereby appropriated out of the money in the treasury for the current expenses of the State Library, and the Librarian drawn on is authorized and empowered to draw on the State Treasurer Librarian. from time to time for the same, as the case may require, and present his vouchers to a committee of the Legislature appointed at its biennial session to settle with the State Librarian. SECTION 9. That the Librarian shall receive for his ser- Compensavices, as such officer, the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars tion. per year; and he is hereby authorized and empowered to draw upon the State Treasurer, at the end of each quarter, for the same. be expended SECTION IO. That the sum of money now appropriated for the purchase of law books for the law library shall be increased, and made the sum of three hundred dollars, to be Amount to expended by the Librarian under the direction of the Court for Judicial of Errors and Appeals, for judiciary reports, and not for text How drawn. books, preference being given to supplying the missing volumes of sets of reports in the Library. Said sum shall be Reports. OF THE STATE HOUSE, LIBRARY AND PUBLIC OFFICES. drawn by the Librarian's draft on the State Treasurer, endorsed with the approval of the said judges, or a majority of them. SECTION II. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. Passed at Dover, March 30, 1883. Preamble. CHAPTER 7. OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS AND OF JOURNALS. AN ACT to revive and extend the time of Recording Private Aots. WHEREAS by Chapter 4, Section 3, 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 published 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 the 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 embarrassments and disappointments arising from such neglect in the premises; therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (twothirds of each branch concurring therein): SECTION I. That all unpublished acts heretofore passed which have not, by special acts, been repealed, and that have become void on account of not being duly recorded in compliance with the provisions aforesaid, be and the same are Time for re- hereby severally renewed and re-enacted, and together with the provisions therein contained are respectively declared to be in full force, and all acts and transactions done and performed under the provisions of said acts respectively, shall cording pri vate acts extended. OF THE PASSAGE AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS AND OF JOURNALS. have the same force and effect and be as valid to all intents and purposes as if the said acts had been severally recorded according to law. Provided, that this enactment shall not Proviso. take effect in the case of any act that has become void as aforesaid until a certified copy thereof, procured of the Sec-Certified retary of State, shall be duly recorded in the Recorder's ed." Office of one of the counties of this State; and provided further, that no such copy of a voided act shall be received for record after the expiration of one year from the passage of this act. SECTION 2. This act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and published as such. Passed at Dover, March 1, 1883. copy record |