TITLE SIXTH. Of Religion, Public Education and Health. CHAPTER 46. OF RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "A Supplement to an act to incorporate the Rehoboth Beach Camp Meeting Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church," passed at Dover, January 27, 1873, and which said supplement was passed at Dover, March 22, 1877. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (two-thirds of each branch concurring therein): Volume 14, Volume 15, amended. SECTION I. That Section 1 of said supplement be and Chapter 392, the same is hereby amended by striking out the words Chapter 355, "Camp Meeting," in the third line thereof, and the words "of the Methodist Episcopal Church" in the fourth line thereof. SECTION 2. That Section 1 of said supplement be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the words "Board of Directors," in the ninth line thereof, and insert in lieu thereof the words "Treasurer of said association." make return Court. of Court. SECTION 3. That said treasurer shall, in case of the sale Treasurer to of any lands and tenements made by him for the collection of sale to of any assessment or tax, make return of such sale to the Superior next term of the Superior Court at Georgetown, and said Jurisdiction court may inquire into the circumstances, and either approve or set it aside. If it be approved, the president shall make a deed to the purchaser, which shall convey the title of the Deed. taxable. If it be set aside, the court may order another sale, Resale. and so on until the tax be collected. If it be made appear to the court that a sale of part of the premises cannot be made, a sale of the whole may be ordered, and such disposal of the Proceeds. OF FREE SCHOOLS. surplus proceeds of said sale shall be made as may be deemed just; and that the provisions of this section shall extend to all sales of lots heretofore made by the said association; provided said sales be returned to the Superior Court in and for sale. When. Sussex county as aforesaid within one year from the passage of this act. Proviso. No deed made within two years. SECTION 4. That no sale shall be approved if the owner be ready at court to pay the taxes and costs, and no deed shall be made until the expiration of two years from the time of sale, within which time the owner, his heirs, executors or Redemption administrators shall have power to redeem the land on payment to the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, the amount of the purchase money and twenty per cent. interest. The treasurer's oath shall in all cases be competent to prove a demand Evidence of of taxes; a demand upon a non-resident may be lawfully made through the post office and addressed to him at his usual place of abode. Amount. demand of taxes. Passed at Dover, April 18, 1883. $25,000 annual appro CHAPTER 47. OF FREE SCHOOLS. AN ACT to appropriate Money for Free Schools in this State, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: SECTION I. That the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars priation. be and the same is hereby appropriated annually out of any funds in the Treasury for the free schools in this State, and How divided that the sum so appropriated be divided between the counties as follows: to New Castle county, ten thousand dollars; to Kent county, seven thousand five hundred dollars, and to Sussex county, seven thousand five hundred dollars. The amounts appropriated to Sussex and Kent counties by this act shall be respectively divided in each county equally among the school districts, including any new districts made by the Legislature or Levy Court before the passage of this Division among districts. OF FREE SCHOOLS. in New Cas act. The amount appropriated for New Castle county by How divided this act shall be divided among the school districts in propor- the county. tion to the number of children enrolled in the schools thereof; provided that new districts shall share pro rata upon the basis Proviso. of the number reported to the Levy Courts at the time they are created. Sussex must SECTION 2. That no district in Sussex county shall re- District in ceive any appropriation from the State until it has raised, by raise $75. tax, the sum of seventy-five dollars. tion to be school build SECTION 3- That no part of the moneys received by the No part of school committees in the several districts of this State, either appropriafrom the amount required to be raised by taxation without used for regard to a vote thereon, or from the income of the present ings, etc. school fund of the State, or from the annual appropriation directed to be made by the provisions of Section 1 of this act, shall be used or expended in the construction, alteration, or repair of any school houses or other buildings for school purposes, or for the procuring of the furniture therefor; but all the said several sums of money shall be used, expended and applied by the said several school committees as aforesaid solely for defraying the expenses of maintenance of the free schools in the school districts in the State. Volume SECTION 4. That Chapter 369 of Volume 16, Laws of Section 4, Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended by striking Voer 369, out the words "eight hundred" in line four of Section 4 of amended. said chapter, and insert in lieu thereof the words " one sistant Suthousand." Salary of As perintendent of school SECTION 5. The State Superintendent of Free Schools Distribution shall distribute the school books used in the public schools of books. the State at the price at which they were purchased, as prescribed by Section 5, Chapter 369, Volume 16 of the Laws How. of Delaware, in at least ten places in each of the several counties of the State as he may select, and it shall be the duty of the persons receiving the same to distribute the same to the scholars, or their parents, guardian, or other person, as they may desire, upon the receipt of the price for the Prices. same, with the addition of five per centum on the price of each book so sold, which shall be forwarded by the person or persons receiving the same to the State Superintendent within thirty days thereafter, less the five per centum as aforesaid, which they shall retain in payment for their cost and Proceeds of Monthly reports. default. OF FREE SCHOOLS. Safe keeping trouble. The persons receiving the books as aforesaid shall of books. be responsible for the safe keeping of the same, and also for sale of books the price of the books sold. They shall, at the end of each month, make a report to the State Superintendent, showing the sales, to whom made, and the moneys collected. Any Remedy for money or the value of the books which such person may fail to account for according to law may be recovered, in the name of the State by the State Superintendent, before a justice of the peace, as other debts are recoverable when the amount does not exceed one hundred dollars. The State State Super-Superintendent shall furnish all the schools with a price list, furnish price with the five per centum added as aforesaid, of the school list, etc. books used in the State, together with a statement with whom and the places where the same are deposited. He shall Quarterly also pay over to the State Treasurer, quarterly, the money State Treas received for the sales of books as aforesaid, and also at the same time furnish the State Treasurer with a list of the school List of books books and their respective prices supplied and distributed to the persons for sale as aforesaid. intendent Payments to urer. Annual ex teachers. of State Board. tion. SECTION 6. That, in addition to the examination and amination of certificates of persons who propose to teach in this State, as prescribed by Chapter 50, Volume 15 of the Laws of Delaware, and the amendments thereto, there shall also be an anSupervision nual examination, under the supervision of the State Board of Education, of all persons who may apply to the same for that Qualifica purpose. Every applicant who is of good moral character, and who shall be found qualified to receive a first grade certificate, as provided by the provisions of Chapter 45, Volume 16 of the Laws of this State, and who shall also have had ten years experience in teaching schools, shall receive a cerLife certifi- tificate thereof under the hand of the State Board of Education, which certificate, so issued, shall be good for and during the life of the person so receiving the same; provided, however, that the said certificate may be revoked at any time by the said State Board of Education for good and sufficient cate. Proviso. Duty of Su cause. SECTION 7. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed, made null and void. SECTION 8. It shall be the duty of Superintendent of perintendent Free Schools to ascertain the amount due to each school district or consolidation of districts in the State under the OF FREE SCHOOLS. schedules to urer an provisions of this act, and to furnish a schedule thereof to the Furnish State Treasurer on or before the first day of June in each and State Treas every year. The amounts hereby appropriated and so ascer- nually. tained shall be paid by the State Treasurer, in the proportions provided in Section 1, to the order of the school commission- Payments ers of the respective districts, or of the boards of education Treasurer to of consolidated school districts, when demanded by them school com after the ascertainment so made. Passed at Dover, April 19, 1883. by State missioners. CHAPTER 48. OF FREE SCHOOLS. AN ACT for the Maintenance of Colored Schools in this State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: nual appro SECTION I. That the sum of five thousand dollars be and $5,000 anthe same is hereby appropriated annually, from the State priation for Treasury, to be expended for the purpose of educating the schools. colored children of this State. colored SECTION 2. That the said sum of five thousand dollars shall How divided be divided into three equal parts; one of said parts to be expended in New Castle County, one in Kent County, and one in Sussex County, and each sum, so divided as aforesaid, shall be paid by the State Treasurer to the County Treasurer of Payment to each county respectively, on or before the first day of October Treasurer. in each and every year, beginning with the year one thousand When. eight hundred and eighty-three. County lected under SECTION 3. All moneys collected under the act entitled Moneys col"An act to tax colored persons for the support of their own Chapter 48, schools," passed March 24, 1875, as amended by an act enti- Volume 15. tled "A supplement to the act entitled 'An act to encourage the education of the colored people,' passed April 8, 1881," shall be paid as other taxes to the County Treasurer in each To whom paid. |