Proviso. OF THE LEVY COURT. funded indebtedness of said Trustees of the Poor; provided that of said bonds herein authorized an amount not exceeding Outstanding the aggregate sum of the certificates of indebtedness of said Trustees of the Poor of New Castle County outstanding may be used for payment of, or in exchange for, said outstanding certificates. certificates. Real estate of Trustees to be sold. SECTION 3. That the real estate of the Trustees of the of the Poor Poor of New Castle County, in Wilmington, shall be held in trust, and when sold and conveyed as hereinafter is provided the net proceeds of sale thereof shall be applied towards Application payment of the money borrowed, or authorized by this act to of proceeds. be borrowed, or of the bonds issued therefor. Trustees to convey in trust to whom. Public or private sale. Title. Proviso. SECTION 4. That the Trustees of the Poor of New Castle County shall convey in fee simple all the real estate situate in Wilmington belonging to said corporation to Henry G. Banning, Edward T. Bellah, Joseph L. Carpenter, Jr., William C. Lodge and Victor DuPont, and the survivors and survivor of them, the heirs and assigns of such survivor, in trust to sell and convey the same in whole or in part at public or private sale in their discretion, and to execute and deliver therefor deeds conveying to the purchasers the same free and clear of liens and discharged from the responsibility of the non-application or mis-application of the money therefor; the net proceeds of such sale or sales, after deducting reasonable expenses, shall by said trustees be applied towards payment of the money borrowed or authorized by this act to be borrowed, or the purchase or payment of the bonds issued therefor; provided that if all or any of the said real estate be sold before the bonds herein authorized be all issued, the proceed of such sales shall be applied directly towards the completion and construction of the said new buildings, and the amount of bonds to be issued shall be reduced to that Further pro-extent; and provided further that said real estate shall be all sold and conveyed as herein stated within five years from the passage of this act. The said real estate, while held by the trustees as aforesaid, shall be exempt from all taxation. In case either or any of the persons so named as trustees shall die before or after such conveyance to them by the Trustees of the Poor, or shall refuse to accept said trust, it shall be the duty of the Chancellor, upon the application of the Levy Court and of the Trustees of the Poor, or either of them, to appoint some other suitable person or persons in lieu of him or them so dying or refusing to accept said trust. viso. Exempt from taxes. Chancellor to fill vacancies. OF THE LEVY COURT. Trustees of SECTION 5. That from and after the passage of this act Illegal for the Trustees of the Poor of New Castle County shall not have the Poor to authority to borrow any money whatever. borrow. propriations urer of the SECTION 6. The yearly appropriation made by the Levy Yearly apCourt for the use of the Trustees of the Poor of New Castle paid quarterCounty shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Poor of said ly to Treas county, in equal quarterly installments, on the last Wednes- Poor. day of July, October, January and April, of each year. Upon extraordinary occasion the Levy Court of New Castle County Levy Court. shall have authority, upon application of the Trustees of Authority to the Poor of said county, to borrow, for the use of said Trus- borrow on tees of the Poor, a sufficient sum of money to meet such nary occaoccasion, the payment of such sum to be provided for in the levy of poor taxes for the ensuing year. SECTION 7. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 8. This act shall be a public act and published as such. Passed at Dover, March 30, 1883. extraordi sion. Provision for payment. CHAPTER 18. OF THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT to direct the Levy Courts of the several counties to publish detailed statements of all Expenditures of County Funds, and circulate the same in pamphlet form. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: publish de When, and SECTION 1. That it shall be the duty of the Levy Court Directed to of each county in this State annually, in the month of May, tailed stateto cause to be printed in pamphlet form a detailed statement ment. of all expenditures of the funds of said county, and orders contents. drawn by each Levy Court Commissioner for any and all service performed or materials furnished in their respective hundreds, specifying in said statement the time when and the No. copies printed. How distributed. OF THE LEVY COURT. purpose for which the same was done; said statement shall also contain the aggregate amount of the per diem allowed to each member of the Levy Court, with the number of days of attendance and miles allowed to each. SECTION 2. The said Levy Courts shall have printed such number of copies of said pamphlets as aforesaid as the said Levy Court may deem advisable and necessary for their respective counties, and one-half of the number so printed shall be equally divided between the Justices of the Peace in the respective counties, and the other half between the members of said Levy Courts respectively, who shall keep the same for delivery upon application to them by any voter of their respective hundreds. SECTION 3. All acts or parts of acts, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Passed at Dover, April 12, 1883. Authorized public ferry ticoke River CHAPTER 19. OF THE LEVY COURT. AN ACT to provide for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Ferry across the Nanticoke River at Woodland, in Sussex County. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, as follows: SECTION I. That the Levy Court of Sussex County be to establish and they are hereby authorized (if in the judgment of said across Nan- Levy Court they deem it for the best interest of the county at Woodland to establish said ferry) and required to cause to be established and maintained a public ferry across the Nanticoke River at the place now known as Woodland, but formerly called CanMay make non's Ferry, and to make such appropriations as may be necessary to procure the scow or boat to be used for ferriage purposes. And also to make such appropriations from time to time as may be necessary for the proper attendance upon and maintenance of the same. appropria tions. OF THE LEVY COURT. this State transported SECTION 2. That all citizens of this State, with their citizens of teams, wagons and carriages, shall be transported across the said ferry at all times between sunrise and sunset free of free. charge, but the Levy Court may prescribe tolls to be collected Tolls. for the ferriage of all other persons. SECTION 3. be a public act. That this act shall be deemed and taken to Passed at Dover, April 19, 1883. CHAPTER 20. CLERK OF THE PEACE. AN ACT to amend Section 21, Chapter 9, Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Revised amended. SECTION 1. That Section 21, Chapter 9, Revised Statutes Section 21, of the State of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended Chapter 9, by inserting after the word "list," in the fourth line of said Statutes section, the words "of at least, three consecutive letters of the last names thereof"; provided that this act shall not go into Proviso. effect until after the next general assessment shall be duly returned to the Levy Court of the proper county. Passed at Dover, March 27, 1883. OF THE CLERK OF THE PEACE. May administer oaths in cer tain cases. CHAPTER 21. OF THE CLERK OF THE PEACE. AN ACT in relation to Clerks of the Peace. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: SECTION I. That the Clerk of the Peace in each county be and he is hereby authorized to administer oaths or affirmations in all cases relating to the business of the office of Clerk of the Peace. Passed at Dover, April 9, 1883. Revised CHAPTER 22. OF ASSESSORS. AN ACT to amend Section 7, Chapter 10, Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: SECTION 1. That Section 7, Chapter 10, Revised Statutes Section 7 of of the State of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended Chapter 10, by inserting after the word "alphabetically," in the fourth line of said 7th Section, the words "at least three consecutive letters of the last name thereof;" provided that this act shall not go into effect until the next general assessment which shall be made in accordance therewith. Code, amended. Proviso. Passed at Dover, March 27, 1883. |