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PASSED AT A
SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER,
ON THURSDAY, MAY 31ST, A. D. 1906
AND
IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED
STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND
THIRTIETH.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
VCLUME XXIV- PART I.
1907:
THE DELAWAREAN PRINT,
DOVER, DEL.
STATE OF DELAWARE,
LAWS
OF THE
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| Title | Laws of the State of Delaware - Volume 24 |
| Date Original | 1907 |
| Description | Laws of the State of Delaware, Passed at a Special Session of the General Assembly, Commenced and Held at Dover, Thursday, on May 31st, A. D. 1906. Volume XXIV |
| Creator | Delaware |
| Creator2 | Delaware General Assembly |
| Contributors | The Delawarean Print |
| Publisher | Department of State |
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| Full Text | PASSED AT A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER, ON THURSDAY, MAY 31ST, A. D. 1906 AND IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTIETH. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. VCLUME XXIV-PART I. 1907: THE DELAWAREAN PRINT, DOVER, DEL. STATE OF DELAWARE, LAWS OF THE 17f, ..,..,,,:. ;;; ..:;E.: :;::i:.:;'';i':'''''',,:W;':;'.:%f :;':'';';i''',1';4.'4.'.;. .:;-' ''..Ai-;;i1:1''4';,.i.,:t. LAWS OF DELAWARE. TITLE SECOND. Of the Public Revenue; and the Assessment, Collection and Appropriation of Taxes. CHAPTER x. OP THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT to Amend an Aot Entitled "An Alit to Raise Revenue for the State by Taxing Certain Corporations," being Chapter 166, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, as Amended and Published as Chapter 15, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentatives of the Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met Section r. That Section 2 of an Act entitled "An Act to raise revenue for the State by taxing certain corporations," being Chapter 166, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, as amend-ed and published as Chapter 15, Volume 22, Laws of Dela-Mfg:R. ware, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out the amellded whole of said Section 2 of the Act so amended and published as aforesaid, and inserting in lieu thereof the following, viz: - "Section 2. That on or before the first Tuesday in January next and annually thereafter, it shall be the duty of the Presi- 4 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. dent, Treasurer or other proper officer, or any two directors, of any corporation now existing or hereafter to be incorpor- Report to Sec- ated under the provisions of the laws of this State of the rotary of state character specified in the preceding section, to make report to the Secretary of State, stating specifically the location of its. principal office in this State, and the name of the agent upon whom service of process against skid corporation may be served; the location or locations (town or towns, city or cities, street or streets and numbers, if numbers there be) of the place or places of business of said corporation without this. State; the name and addresses of all the directors and officers. of the company and when the terms of each expire;. the amount of its authorized capital stock, if any, and the amount actually paid in; the date appointed for the next annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors; as well also the following particulars, namely : Each telegraph, tele-phone, cable or express company not owned by a railroad company and not otherwise taxed, shall state the gross amount of its receipts from business clone in this State for the year precediing the making such report; each gas company and electric light company shall state the amount of its re-ceipts for light or power supplied within this State for the year preceding the making of such report, and the amount of dividends declared or paid during the same time; each company organized for the distribution of heat or power or organized for the purpose of producing or distributing steam, heat or power, shall state the amount of its receipts for the distribution of heat or power, or for the production or distribution of steam, heat or power within this State for the year preceding the making of such report, and the amount of dividends declared or paid during the same time; each par-lor, palace or sleeping car company shall state the gross-amount of its receipts for fare or tolls for transportation of passengers within this State during the same time; each oil or pipe line company engaged in the transportation of oil or crude petroleum shall state the gross amount of its receipts from the transportation of oil or petroleum through its pipes. or in and by its tanks or cars in this State during the same time; each fire, marine, live stock, casualty or accident insur-ance company shall state the total amount of premiums re- C)) r: P4w4 çPE,I4W44g. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. ceived by it for insgrance.upon the lives of persons resident or property located within this State, during the same time. gvery other corporation shall file wit.h the Secretary of State on or before *the first Tuesday in January in each year an annual report, which shall state the location of the princi-pal office in this State, and the name of the agent upon whom ervice of process against said company may be served; the location or locations (town or owns, city or cities stating the streets and numbers, if numbers there be) of the place or places of business of said company without this State; the names and addresses of all the directors and officers of the company, and when the terms of each expire; the date ap-pointed for the next annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors; the amount of its authorized capital, the amount actually paid in, the amount invested in real estate, the tax annually thereon, and the amount invested in manu-facturing or mining in this State, or both; and, if exempt from taxation under the provisions of the Act so amended and published as aforesaid, the specific facts entitling such corporation to exemption from taxation aforesaid. Provided, that no part of this section shall apply to corporations as are now by law under the supervision of the Insurance Commissioner; if such report is not so made and so filed the corporation shall forfeit to the State the sum of two hundred dollars, to be recovered with costs in an action of debt, to be prose-cuted by the Attorney General, who shall prosecute such ac-tions whenever it shall appear that this section has been vio-lated; and provided jierther, if such report shall not be so made and filed, all the directors of any such corporation who shall wilfully refuse to comply with the provisions thereof and who shall be in office during the default shall at the time ap-pointed for the next election, and for a period of one year thereafter be thereby rendered ineligible for election or ap-pointment to any office in the company as directors or other-wise; no director shall be thus disqualified for the failure and to make and file such report if he shall file with the Secre-tary of State before the time appointed for holding the next election of directors after such default, a certificate stating that he has endeavored to have such report made and filed, 5 6 LAWS OF DELAWARE OF THE REVENUES OF THE vrArz. but that the officers have neglected to make and file the same, and shall report the items required to be stated in such annual report so far as they are within his knowledge, or are obtainable from sources of such information open to him,. verified by him to be true to the best of his knowledge, in-formation and belief; the Secretary of State. shalt Upon appli-cation furnish blanks in proper form and Shall Safely keep in his office all such reports, which reports shall be open to the-inspection of all persons at proper hours. In case any such corporation shall fail to file such report within the time required by this section, and in case of the agent in charge of the principal office of such company upon hom process against such company may be served shall die, or shall resign, or shall remove from the State, or such agent cannot with due diligence be found, it shall be lawful while such default continues, to serve process against such corpor-ation upon the Secretary of State, and such service shall be as effectual to all intents and purposes as if made upon the president or head officers of such corporation, and within two clays after such service upon the Secretary of State as afore-said, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to notify such corporation thereof by letter directed to such corpora-tion at its registered office, in which letter shall be inclosed a copy of the process or other paper served, and it shall be the duty of the plaintiff in any action in which said process shall be issued to pay to the Secretary of State, for the use of the State, the sum of three dollars, which said sum shall be taxed as a part of the costs in said suit if the plaintiff shall prevail therein; the Secretary of State shall keep a book to be called the "process book," in which shall be entered alphabetically, by the name of the plaintiff and defendant therein, the title of all causes in which processes have been served upon him, the teste of the process so served and the return clay thereof,. and the clay and hour when the service was made." Approved June 29, A. D. 1906. Penalty for failure to report *!) LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. CHAPTER 2. OF THE REVENUES OF THE STATE. AN ACT to Provide for the Collection of the Revenue of the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Stale of Delaware in General Assembly met Section 1. That upon the neglect or refusal of any cor-poration, incorporated under the laws of this State, to pay the State Tax assessed against it, the State Treasurer shall Governor may suggest and the Governor may appoint an agent or agents ItiMolietori= within or without the State, for the collection of the said de- "" linquent State Tax. The reasonable compensation of such Compensation, agent or agents shall be borne by such delinquent corpora- how imtia tions and may be recovered therefrom in an action of debt in any court of competent jurisdiction in this State by such agent or agents so appointed to collect said delinquent State taxes. When the delinquent corporations shall be shown to be in-solvent and without assets, the said reasonable compensation of such agent or agents shall be paid by the State, by a war-rant or warrants of the Governor upon vouchers duly approv-ed by and filed in the office of the State Treasurer. The Governor may at any time revoke any such appoint-Golfno r may ment of such agent or agents: such revocation to be effected pr t°1 t8 ca& by an order in duplicate, signed by the Governor, one of which shall be mailed to such agent or agents and the other filed in the office of the State Treasurer. Approved June 29, A. D. 1906. 7 8 LAWS OF DELAWARE. RESOLUTIONS. CHAPTER 3. Senate Resolution appropriating certain money out of the State Treasury to pay the compensation of the members of the Senate and certain ex-penses connected with the present Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly. tAoprp sraolparriieasti oofn Be it resolved, That the following amounts be and the members of same are hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Senate, its Clerks, etc. Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of the compensation of the members of the Senate and the expens-es connected with the Extraordinary Session thereof, viz: Isaac T. Parker $ 78.00 Alvin B. Conner, President pro tern 78.00 George W. Sparks, 65.00 Thomas M. Monaghan, 65.00 Thomas J. Stirling, 65.00 John M. Mendinhall, 65.00 Artemas Smith 65.00 David C. Rose, 65.00 John A. Latta, 65.00 John W. Houston, 65.o0 IR emsen C. Barnard, 65.00 Simeon S. Pennewill, 65.00 David H. Boyce, 65.00 Archie B. Lingo, 65.00 Thomas W. Jefferson, 65.00 Thomas C. Moore, 65.00 J. Edward Coslee, Clerk, i65.00 C. Sherburne Rice, Acting Reading Clerk, 65.00 Rev. G. P. Smith, Chaplain, 25.00 o,) (),) ,..4 :LAWS OF DELAWARE. 9 HOUSE RESOLUTION. CHAPTER 4. House Resolution appropriating certain money out of State Treasury to pay expenses incurred by the House at the Extraordinary Session, 1906. Be it Resolved, by the House of Representatives, that the ppropriation iiiicler stntrarleAof several sums of money hereinafter named, be and the same .are hereby appropriated to pay the expenses incurred by the C leig, lete . House at this Extraordinary Session, 1906 and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same in the following sums, to wit : Henry Stafford $ 65.00 "Willard S Meredith 65.00 M. Howard Jester 65.00 Dr. T. 0. Cooper 65.00 Frank M. Sevier 65.00 Jacob K. Hanby 65.0o William H. Miller 65.00 William M. Eastburn 65.00 John P. Armstrong 65.00 Elwood L. Wilson 65.00 John B. Mahoney 65.0o Willard T. Smith 65.00 Frank J. Penington 65.00 :Edward Hart 65.00 .Andrew J. Wright 65.00 Henry M. Lang, Sergeant-at-Arms, 65.00 'Theodore L. Cook, Page, 13.00 Fannie S. Harrington, for typewriting moo J. E. Goslee, 20.00 The Sentinel Printing Co 5.00 Passed June 14, A. D. 1906. Io LAWS OF DELAWARE:. HOUSE RESOLUTION. William H. Baggs ,65,00. William D. Denney 78.00 Gamaliel Garrison, 65.00. Thomas C. McGinnis 65.0o Alden R. Benson 65.o0 John G. Meredith 65.0o Daniel B. Murray 65.00 Frank J. Prettyman 65.00, Frank W. Davis 65.00 Charles D. Abbott 65.00 John T. Vandenburg 65.00 Daniel W. Ellis -65.00 Charles W. Messick 65.00- Edward Pierce Ellis 65.00 Rufus D. Lingo, Jr. 65.00 Timothy E. Townsend 65.00 Henry 0. Bennum 65.00 Harry V. Lyons 65.00. Thomas S. Lewis, Clerk 65.00 Theodore Burton, Reading Clerk 65.00 A. V. L. George, Enrolling Clerk 65.00. Rev. L. E. Barrett, Chaplain 25.00 James M. Satterfield, Attorney 25.00. W. B. Macklin. Sergeant-at-Arms 65.00 Charles Swain, Page 5.00 Thomas S. Lewis, Clerk for printing 13.67 Edith B. Ingersoll, typewriting 10.00 Charles Swain, Page extra 8.00 Thomas S. Lewis, indexing and Printing Journal ioo.00,, Passed June 14, A. D. 1906. CHAPTER 6. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2. Senate Joint Resolution fixing the time for final adjournment of the General Assembly. Be it Resolved by the Senate and House ot Refiresentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met That the Senate and House of Representatives in extraor- Adjournment dinary Session now assembled will adjourn without date on Thursday, the fourteenth day of June, A. D. 1906, at 12 o'clock Noon. Approved June 13, A. D. 1906. LAWS Or DELAWARE. If SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION. CHAPTER 5. Senate Joint Resolution No. 1 providing for an adjournment of the General Assembly. until Monday, June 11th, A. D. 1808. Be it Resolved by the Senate and House ol Refiresen-tatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, That when the Senate and House of Representatives ad- Adjournment journ on this 31st day of May, A. D. 1906, they do adjourn to meet Monday, June nth, A. D. 1906, at 5.30 P. M. o'clock. Approved May 31, A. D. 1906. LAWS OP THE STATE OF DELAWARE, PASSED AT A SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENCED AND HELD AT DOVER, ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 1ST, A. D. 1907 AND IN THE YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED, STATES THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIRST. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. VOLUME XXIV-PARTIL 1907 THE DICI,AWARRAN PRINTS DOVER, DEL. LAWS OF DELAWARE. TITLE FIRST. Of the Jurisdiction and Property of the State; its Legislation and Laws. CHAPTER 7. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. AN ACT Proposing an Amendment to Section 4 of Article V. of the Con-stitution of this State by striking out of said Section all thereof which Requires the Payment of Money as a Qualification to Register. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met, (two-thirds of all the members elected to each House agreeing therein): Section 1. That Section 4 of Article V of the Constitu- Amendment to tion of this State, be and the same is hereby amended by gn°,131f tollrst ztriking out of said Section 4 the following words: voter shall, at the time of his registration, pay a re"agndieasc-h Fee tration fee of one dollar, for the use of the County where such registration is paid." Approved January 21, A. D. 1907. 6 LAWS OF DELAWARE.. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. CHAPTER 8. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. AN ACT Proposing an Amendment to Section 15 of Article 2 of the Con-stitution of the State of Delaware, relating to the Compensation of the, Members and Presiding Officers of the General Assembly. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met; (two-thirds of all the members elected to each House agreeing): Proposed Section 1. That the following amendment be and the amendment to Section15, Arti- same is hereby proposed to Section 15 of Article 2 of the-cle 2 of Consti-tution, increas- Constitution of Delaware; lug compensa-tion of mem-bers of the Gen- That the word "five" be stricken out of the third line of: eral Assembly said Section 15, Article 2 of the Constitution, and the word "ten" be inserted in lieu thereof, and the word "six" be stricken out of the fourth line of Section 15, Article 2 of the Constitution, and the word "twelve" be inserted in lieu. t hereof. Richard Hodgson, Speaker of the House. Isaac T. Parker, President of the Senate:. 7SA 3 LAWS OF DELAWARE, 17 OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. CHAPTER 9. OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. AN ACT to Provide for the Collection and Deposit with the Secretary of State, for Preservation, of the Books, Papers, Documents, Excerpts, Records and Evidence Collected by the Attorneys for the State of Dela-ware, for use in the Suit lately pending in the United States Supreme Court between the State of Delaware and the State of New Jersey. Whereas, by a joint resolution of the General Assembly of Preamble the State of Delaware, approved March 30th, 1905, Preston Lea, Governor, Robert H. Richards, Attorney General, Her-bert H. Ward and George H. Bates, Commissioners repre-senting the State of Delaware, were required to collect the books, documents, papers, excerpts and records collected by the attorneys for the State, for use in support of her claim in the suit then pending in the United States Supreme Court, between the State of Delaware and the State of New Jersey,. and turn the same over to the Secretary of State for preserva-tion; and Whereas, the said Commissioners have failed to so collect Preamble and turn over the said books, documents, papers, excerpts and records, or any of them; and Whereas, nearly all of the said books, documents, papers, Preamble excerpts and records are the property of the State, having been purchased, made or produced at the expense of the State, and are of great value to the State, not only histor-ically but also as evidences of its territorial title; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentalives of the Stale of Delaware in General Assembly met Section 1. That the Attorney General of Delaware be Attorney Gen-and he is hereby authorized and directed to collect and pro- modgillivrettettleciddtC;--. cure, by suit or otherwise as may be necessary, all of the said books, documents, papers, excerpts, records, and the copies 1,enolt4,;(1, jeuttliet of the testimony and evidence in said cause, which are in the suit possession or control of the counsel for the State in said cause, and which were purchased, made or produced at the LAWS Or DELAWARE. OF SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. expense of the State, and to deposit the same, when so pro-cured and collected, in the office of the Secretary of State for preservation. Attorney Gen- In the performance of the duties hereby prescribed, the At- end authorized to institute suit torney General is hereby authorized to institute such actions If necessary in the name of the State of Delaware in the courts of this State, or elsewhere, against any of the said counsel for the State, or any other person, and to incur such reasonable ex-pense, as shall be necessary. The State Treasurer is author- State Treasurer directed to pay ized and directed to pay out of the money in the State Treas-expenses ury not otherwise appropriated, all expenses made necessary by the provisions of this act, upon itemized accounts ren-dered to the State Treasurer by the Attorney General from time to time, provided that before such payment such ac-counts shall be marked "approved" by the Governor. Approved March 29, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER to. Or SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. AN ACT giving the Consent of the Legislature of the State of Delaware to the Purchase by the United States of land within this State to be used as a target range. Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentatives of the State 61 Delaware, in General Assembly .met ConEent of Section 1. That the consent of the Legislature of Dela- Shtaatsee of Pl uarn"d ware be and the same is hereby given to the purchase by the c mein for target by U.S. Govern- Government of the 'United States, or under the authority of range the same, of any tracts, pieces or parcels of land, which may be suitable for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, and to be selected by the Governor, not exceeding Five Hundred Acres in the aggregate, from any individual or individuals, ) ) ) aAws ov DELAWARE. 19 Or SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION AND LIMITS. bodies political or corporate, within the boundaries or limits of the State of Delaware, to be used as a Target Range by the National Guard of the State of Delaware, and for the purpose of erecting thereon such buildings as may be neces-sary for said use. All deeds, conveyances, or title papers for the same shall be recorded as in other cases upon the land records of the County in Which the land so conveyed may he situated; and in like manner may be recorded a sufficient de-scription, by metes and bounds, courses and distances, of any tracts or legal divisions of any public land belonging to the United States, which may be set apart by the General 'Government for any of the purposes before mentioned, by an ,order patent, or other official document or papers so describ-ing such land. The consent herein given being in accor-dance with the eighteenth clause of the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, and with the Acts of Congress in such cases made and provided. Section 2. The lots, tracts or parcels of land so selected, Such Ivirdosm together with the tenements and appurtenances, for the pur- iLcatron poses before mentioned, shall be held exempt from taxation by the State of Delaware. Section 3. The sovereignty and jurisdiction of this State Sovderelry shall extend over all lands hereafter acquired by the United tAino n t. SS.t atteee - to States within the limits of this State, so far as that all civilsel. tcelf Ida nr and criminal process. issued by virtue of any law of this State, may be executed in part of the lands so acquired or the build-ing or structures thereon erected. Approved February II, A. D. 1907. 20 LAWS OF DELAWARE.. OF PUBLIC LANDS. CHAPTER 11. OF PUBLIC LANDS. AN ACT to cede certain lands to the United States of America. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives - of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met Ceding cedrtain Section 1. That all the right, title, interest and property submerge lands to S. of this State in and to certain submerged land in the Dela- Ciovernment l are River between the States of Delaware and New Jersey, the location of said land, with reference to the United States Engineer Department triangulation of the said river, being more specificially described as follows: Beginning at a point A in said land distant four thousand. three hundred and fifteen feet from triangulation Station Stony Point on a line South sixty-five (65) degrees, forty-one (41) minutes \Vest therefrom; this point A being also North sixty-two (62) degrees, fifty (5o) minutes and twenty-six (26) seconds West, ten thousand eight hundred fifteen and nine tenths (i0,815.9) feet from triangulation Station Hope;. thence from A North seven (7) degrees and thirty three (33) minutes \Vest, two thousand and six and two-tenths (2,006.2) feet to 13; thence North five (5) degrees and forty-seven (47) minutes West, three hundred eighty-two and six-tenths. (382.6) feet to C; thence from C, North three (3) degrees. fifty-three (53) minutes West, eight thousand one hundred ;tnd fifty-five (8,155) feet to D; thence froni D, North seven (7) degrees forty-nine (49) minutes and twenty (20) seconds West, four thousand five hundred and nineteen (4,519) feet to E; the beginning of a curve the degree of which is thirty (30) degrees eleven (ii) minutes and twenty-five (25) seconds and which covers a central angle of one hundred and tifty-two (152) degrees four (4) minutes and ten (to) seconds to F. The bearing and length of the chord from E to F is North eighty-three (83) degrees fifty-one (50 minutes and twenty-five (25) seconds West; three hundred and seventy-two and six-tenths (372.6) feet. Point E is also South eighty-three (83) degrees fifty-two (52) minutes and forty- LAWS OF DELAWARE. 21 0 OF PUBLIC LANDS. Eve (45) seconds West, two thousand eight hundred twelve and seventy-six hundredths (2,812.76) feet from triangula-tion Station Alloway Creek; thence from F South twenty ,(20) degt'ees six (6) minutes and thirty (30) seconds West, .cue thousand one hundred and five (i,w5) feet to G; thence from G South eleven (II) degrees thirty-one (31) minutes West, six hundred and eighty-three (683) feet to H; thence from H South four (4) degrees twenty (20) minutes and ten :(Io) seconds West, six thousand seven hundred and forty-seven (6,747) feet to K; thence from K South seven (7) de-grees seventeen (i7) minutes and thirty (30) seconds East, two thousand nine hundred twenty-two and six-tenths .(2,922.6) feet to M; thence from M along a fifty-nine (59) minute curve, covering a central angle of twenty-five (25) .degrees and twenty-eight (28) minutes to N. The bearing and length of the chord from M to N is south twenty (20) .degrees and three (3) minutes east, two thousand five hun- 'clred and sixty-eight and four-tenths (2,568.4) feet; thence from N South thirty-two (32) degrees forty-seven (47) min-utes East, one thousand eight hundred nine and eight- -tenths (1,809.8) feet to 0; thence from 0 along a sixteen ,(16) degree twenty-five (25) minute and thirty-six (36) .seconds curve, covering a central angle of one hundred and fifty-four (154) degrees and forty-six (46) minutes to A, the place of beginning. The bearing and length of the chord from 0 to A, the place of beginning, is north sixty-nine (69) de- .g-rees and fifty (5o) minutes East, six hundred and eighty- -three and one-tenth (683.1) feet, containing five hundred and eighty-three (583) acres more or less shall be and hereby are 'ceded to and vested in the United States of America, as fully, absolutely and to the same extent, as this State now holds and is entitled to the same, together with the jurisdiction thereof. Section 2. That the sovereignty and jurisdiction of this sovereignty 'State shall extend over the land hereby ceded to and vested JOir aq3- to 'in the United States of America, so far as that all civil and jgdnsd over 'criminal process issued under any law of this State may be 'executed in any part of said land and in any building now erected or that may hereafter be erected on said land. Approved April 4, A. D. 1907. .)) 22 LAWS OF DELAWA Olt PUBLIC LANDS. CHAPTER 12. OP PUBLIC LANDS. *71017SE SUBSTITUTE for Rouse Bill No. 201, entitled "An Act Provid-ing for the Survey and Sale of Certain Public Lands of the State". AN ACT Providing for the Survey of Certain Publics Lands of the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met : Section r. That Isaac T. Parker, Manlove Hayes and Ebe \V. Tunnel, be and they are hereby created and consti-tuted a Commission to ascertain the location of and have surveyed the lands of the State of Delaware lying near the ocean in Sussex County between the State of Maryland on the South and Cape Henlopen on the North. Vacancies in the said Commission by death, resignation or otherwise shall be filled by the Governor. Commission, Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the said Commis-duties of sion to ascertain the location and quantity of said public lands and to cause the same to be surveyed by a careful and skillful surveyor to be by them selected, and to cause a plot of the same to be made, designating the said lands and all lands of adjoining owners, also designating such lands as are now claimed by any persons and such lands as are now occu-pied and enclosed and the names of the persons by whom they are occupied or enclosed. Return of Section 3. Said Commission shall make return of their Commission to Gover»or proceedings, accompanied by a plot or survey of the said lands as aforesaid to the Governor, who shall lay the same before the next session of the General Assembly. Such return shall set out in detail all the proceedings of the said Commission and surveyor and all items of expense connected with the making of such survey. Compensation Section 4. The said Commission shall receive for their of Conunission and his services fa'ive Dollars each per day for each day actually spent employees on said work, not to exceed Fifty Dollars each, and said sur-- So Enrolled, Public Lands Commission Vacancies to be filled by Governor LAWS OF DELAWARE. 23 OF THE STATE HOUSE. veyor shall receive for tri, compensation such sum as shall be fixed and allowed by said Commission, which shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any moneys not otherwise ap-propriated, upon the orders of the said Commission. Approved March 29, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 13. *OF THE STATE HOUSE. AN ACT Providing for Repairs and Alterations in the State House. Whereas, The State Huse is in need of repairs and certain Preamble alterations and Whereas, The General Assembly considers it proper and Preamble fitting that such repairs and alterations should be made, therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section r, That a Commission consisting of four mem- tgaTiusc,, hers, the Governor being one, one member of the Senate and two members of the House, is hereby created and estab-lished, whose duties it shall be to cause to be made, such changes or alterations in the State House as they may deem necessary; at a cost not to exceed the sum of Five thousand dollars. The members of said Commission, other than the Gover- ic,0,7niscissectInd nor, shall be selected by the presiding officers of the respec-tive Houses. The said Commission shall have all needful power and Work done on-authority therefor when appointed. They shall advertise for lOwrgVatut° proposals for all work to be clone under the provisions of 2 4. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF THE STATE HOUSE. this Act and shall award the contract or contracts therefor to the lowest and best bidder or bidders. All such bids shall be opened publicly in the presence of the bidders if they desire to be present. The said Commission shall render an account Commission to Ot its expenditures, together with all vouchers for the same, errealpo Art sstoe mGbelyn - together with a full report of their proceedings to the next session of the General 'Assembly, and all bills contracted by them before payment, shall be audited by the State Auditor and, if approved by him, shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants drawn upon him by said Commission. The Acts of a majority of said Commission shall be as valid as if agreed upon by all. Said Commissioners shall be paid for their services, a reasonable compensation to be fixed-and allowed by the next session of the General Assembly. The Commission shall have power from time.to time in the manner, hereinbefore provided, to draw upon the State Treasurer for such sum or sums of money as they may deem necessary to complete the said work; provided, however, that such sum or sums in the aggregate shall not exceed the sum of Five Thousand Dollars. Approved April 4, A. D. 1907. Compensation -of Commission Funds, how -drawn ;LAWS OF DELAWARE. 25 OP THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OP LAWS. CHAPTER 141- OF TEE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OF LAWS. AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An Act to Amend Chapter 4 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware, Relating to the Passing and Publication of Laws", being Chapter 9, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, Increasing the Number of Volumes to be Printed and Bound. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met Section 1. That Section I of Chapter 9, Volume 21, Laws1cri;Iltivi of Delaware, entitled "An Act to amend Chapter 4 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Delaware, relating to the =Isgf(Tevol-passing and publication of laws", be and the same is hereby rombe:=8 .amended by striking out the word "two" in the twenty-first line thereof and inserting the word "five" in lieu thereof; and by striking out the word "three" in the twenty-sixth line -thereof and inserting the word "six" in lieu thereof. Section 2. That Section 2 of the Act aforesaid, be and the Inereastuf :same is hereby amended by striking out the word "three" in Is 'o be the fourteenth line thereof and inserting the word "six" in bound ilieu thereof. Approved March 14, A. D. 1907. 26 LAWS OF DELAWARE-OF THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OP LAWS. CHAPTER i5. OP THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OP LAWS. AN ACT to Revive and Extend the Time for Recording Private Acts. Whereas, By Section 3 of Chapter 4 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 pub-lished 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 pur-pose of relieving the parties interested of the embarrasments-and dissappointments 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 (two-thirds of each branch concurring therein): Certain void Section I. That all unpublished acts heretofore passed. acts re-enacted that have become void on account of not being duly recorded in compliance with the provisions aforesaid and that have Lot by special acts been repealed or become void by lapse of-ihe time for which they were limited, be and the same are hereby severally renewed and re-enacted, and together with the provisions therein contained are respectively declared to be in full force for the period mentioned in the original acts, and to have the same force and effect as if the said acts had been severally recorded according to law, and all acts and Acts dono un- transactions clone and performed under the provisions of der void acts made valld said Acts and property and other rights accrued thereunder, shall have the same force and effect and be as valid to all in-tents and purposes as if the said acts had been severally re- Provided copy, corded according to law; provided, that this enactment shall duly certified of void acts be not take effect in the case of any act that has become void as. recorded aforesaid, until a certified copy thereof shall be duly recorded' Preamble Preamble 0 LAWS OF DELAWARE. 27 OP THE PASSING AND PUBLICATION OP LAWS. in the Recorder's 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. That this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act and shall be published as such. Apprcved February 14, A. D. 1907. 28 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Appropriation for year 1907 TITLE SECOND. Of the Public Revenue, and the Assessment, Collection and Appropriation of Taxes. CHAPTER 16. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Making Appropriations for the Expenses of the State Government other than the 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 eight. 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 appro-priated 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 Mon-day immediately preceding the second Tuesday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight; provided, however, that all parts or portions of the several sums appropriated by this Act, which, on said Mon-day immediately preceding said second Tuesday of January, A. D. 1908, shall not have been paid out of the treasury, shall be returned to the general fund of the treasury. The said several sums hereby appropriated are, as follows; viz: (c)) V)" For Chief Justice for salary, Four Thousand Five Hun- Chief Justice cired Dollars. For the associate judges for salaries, Sixteen Thousand JAusdsogceisa te Dollars. For the associate judge resident in 1Kent County for re- Associate Judge of Kent porting, Two Hundred Dollars. Co. For the associate judge resident in Kent County for one pennewiws hundred copies of Pennewill's Delaware Reports, Volume 5, reports One Thousand Dollars. For the Court Stenographer for salary, Two Thousand Court Dollars. Stenographer For transcript for the Supreme Court and assistant sten-ographer, Five Hundred Dollars. For the Secretary of State for salary, One Thousand Dol- Secretary. lars. of State For the Secretary of State as compensation for performing the duties imposed upon him by the provisions of an Act en-titled "An Act to raise revenue for the State by taxing cer-tain corporations", approved A. D. 1899, the sum of Five Hundred Dollars. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 29 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the Governor for salary, Two Thousand Dollars. Governor For the contingent expenses of Governor's office, One Thousand Dollars. For the Lieutenant Governor, salary as member of Board Lieutenant Governor of Pardons, One Hundred Dollars. For the Chancellor for salary, Four Thousand Five Hun- Chancellor dred Dollars. For the Chancellor for reporting, Two Hundred Dollars. For the Chancellor to pay contingent expenses of the Court of Chancery, Two Hundred Dollars. For the Chancellor in payment of one hundred copies of his reports, Eight Hundred Dollars. For the stenographer of the Court of Chancery for salary, stenographer Twelve Hundred Dollars. for Chancellor 30 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the Secretary of State to pay the contingent expen-ses of his office, Fifteen Hundred Dollars. For the Secretary of State to pay cost of official bond, Fifty Dollars. For the Secretary of State for indexing and preparing for publication the laws of the session of the Legislature in the year, A. D. 1907, Five Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Stenographer For the stenographer and typewriter for the Governor and for Governor and Secretary Secretary of State for salary, Nine Hundred Dollars. of State Attorney For the Attorney General for salary, Twenty-five Hundred General Dollars. Deputy Attar- For the Deputy Attorneys General for salary, Two Thous- neys General and Dollars. contingent For contingent expenses for the Attorney General for pay- fund of Attor- . ney General ing expenses and criminal prosecutions, Twelve Hundred Dollars. State Detective For the two State Detectives for salaries, Twenty-four Hundred Dollars. For actual expenses in serving requisition papers, Five Hundred Dollars. State Treasurer For the State Treasurer and Trustee of the School Fund for salary, One Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For the State Treasurer to purchase free text books under Section 22, Chapter 67, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, Five Hundred Dollars. For the State Treasurer for contingent expenses, Five Hundred Dollars. For the State Treasurer for paying costs of his official bond for the term, Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Auditor of For the State Auditor of Accounts for salary, Two Thous- Accounts and Dollars. For the Auditor of Accounts for contingent expenses ex-clusive of clerical assistance, Five Hundred Dollars. LAWS OF DLLAWARE. 31 _ OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the Insurance Commissioner for salary, Fifteen Hun- Inosurancie ,dred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner for services as State Supervisor of Banks, Trust Companies, &c., under.Chapter 330, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Five Hundred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner to pay the necessary ex-penses of his office, such as postage, stationery, &c., Five Hundred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner for contingent expenses as Supervisor of Banks, Trust Companies, &c., Three Hun-dred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner to pay salary of his clerk Insurance Commissioner, Six Hundred Dollars. Clerk of For the Insurance Commissioner to pay clerk under Chapter 330, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Three Hundred Dollars. For the State Librarian for salary, Eight Hundred Dollars. State Librarian For the State Librarian for contingent expenses, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For the State Librarian to purchase law books for the State Library, Five Hundred Dollars. For the Janitor of the State House for salary, Five Hun- Janitor dred Dollars. For the Fish Commissioner for salary, and all necessary Fish expenses in discharging the duties of his office, Five Hun- Commissioner .dred Dollars. For contingent expenses of Fish Commissioner to pay for postage and stationery, travelling expenses, &c., One Hun-dred and Twenty-five Dollars. For hatching, propagation, &c., of food fish under Chapter Propagation of 559, Volume 18, Laws of Delaware, Six Hundred Dollars. foo d fish For the Oyster Revenue Collector for salary, Seven oyster Reve- Hundred Dollars. nue Collector 32 LAWS OF DELAWARE.- OF PUBLIC REVENUE. BOoyastte cr rWewa tch For the payment of officers and crew of watch boat for the- protection of oysters, Twenty-three Hundred and Forty- Dollars. a Public Schools For the benefit of the Free Public Schools in addition to the income arising from the investments of the public school, fund, to be used exclusively for the payment of teachers sal-aries and furnishing free text books, One Hundred and Thirty-two Thousand Dollars. SCuopuenrtiyn tSecnh-o ol For the Three County Superintendents of Schools,. T1 hhiirrttyy--ssiixx Hundred Dollars. For contingent expenses for the three County Superinten-dents of Schools, Nine Hundred Dollars. Teachers lnsti- For the expenses of holding the white teachers Institute tute, white in the several counties of this State, Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Teachers Instl- For the expenses of holding Colored Teachers Institute, tute, colored One Hunored and Fifty Dollars. For the purpose of paying the expenses of the State Board of Education and also the expenses of County School State Board of Commissioners under the Act entitled "An Act providing Education and County Sehool for the establishment of a General System of Free Public Commissioners Schools", passed at the adjourned session of the Legislature. 1898, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. For the State Treasurer to carry out the provisions of "An Students at- ct providing graded school facilities tor the children of this tending graded schools State", approved at Dover, March 9, 1899, and amended in. 1907, Thirteen Thousand Dollars. For the United School Districts of Smyrna, Dover, Mil-ford, Seaford, to cover deficiency in the appropriation under the act providing graded school facilities for the children of this State, Three Hundred and Seventy-five Dollars and Fifty-five cents. For the Trustees of Delaware College for the use of said College, being its share of the appropriation made by the General Government for the year 1907, Twenty Thousand Dollars. Delaware College LAWS OF DELAWARE. 3; OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the Trustees of the State College for Colored Students State college for the use of said College, being its share of appropriation arude/ge made by the general Government for the year 1907, Five Thousand Dollars. For the Delaware Industrial School for Girls, Three Delaware In-dustrial School! Thousand Dollars. for Girls For St. Michaels Day Nursery Hospital for Babies, Five St. Michaels Day Nursery Hundred Dollars. Hospital For the President of the Board of Trustees of the State President of Hospital at Farnhurst for visiting the institutions outside of altet rInig suPristta, the State in which are being instructed at the expense of tne report of State indigent deaf and dumb, indigent blind, and indigent idiotic children, and for making report to the Governor con-cerning the same, One Hundred Dollars. For the purchase of books, maps and other appliances foBrfoosbr1 t. i&de.. the use of the blind, One Hundred Dollars. For the maintenance and instruction of the indigent deaf Deafd dumb, and dumb, and indigent blind and indigent idiotic children in ililo'ticaendiciren, institutions outside of the State, Ten Thousand Dollars. For the Delaware Society for the prevention of cruelty to Delaware children for the purpose of enforcing laws, etc., Nine Hun- oLenitoyn. gr7: dred Dollars. city to children. For the State Library Commission under the provisions of State Library.. Chapter 362, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Seven Hundred Commission Dollars. For the State Library Commission, Contingent expenses, Two Hundred Dollars. For Libraries in School Districts, Three Hundred Dollars. For the Chairman of the Committee on travelling libraries, of the State Federation of Women's Clubs for Delaware the sum of One Hundred Dollars for the purpose of establishing Travelling Libraries. For the Historical Society of Delaware for the use thereof Three Hundred Dollars. Libraries In Traveling Libraries Historical Society of Delaware 34 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the maintenance, National Guard of Delaware discipline and regulation of the National Guard of Delaware" passed May 7, 1897, as amended, Five Thousand Dollars. For the National Guard of Delaware for field practice, Eight Thousand Dollars. For the National Guard of Delaware under provisions of Act passed 1907, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. Indigent sol- For the burial of Indigent Soldiers, Sailors and Marines, tilers. sailors and marines Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars. U. A. R Memoria I Stnte Board or For the State Board of Health, Twenty-five Hundred negith Dollars. For the salary of the Bacteriologist and all expenses of the Pathological and Bacteriological Labratory at Delaware Col-lege, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. Medical For Medical Councils of Delaware, Three Hundred Council Dollars. Horticultural For the Peninsula Horticultural Society, Five Hundred Society Dollars. For the Farmers Institute for the purpose of defraying incidental expenses of holding same, Six Hundred Dollars. State Boa rfl of For the State Board of Agriculture, Three Thousand Agriculture) Dollars. Bacteriologist 'Farmers Institute Immigration Board Infectious dis-eases among lower animals Water for State House For G. A. R. Memorial day expenses, One Thousand Dollars. For Immigration Board for the purpose of encouraging immigration, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. For the purpose of Defraying expenses involved in eradi-cating infectious diseases among lower animals, Twelve Hun-dred Dollars. To the Town of Dover to pay for water for the use of the State House, One Hundred Dollars. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 35 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the Diamond State Telephone Company, one yearsTtSae ltee pHhoonnes e for rent for telephone for State House, Twenty-five Dollars. For Insurance against fire on property belonging to the Insurance State, One Thousand Dollars. For the State Treasurer for repairs to the State Property State property to One Hunderd Dollars. For repairing, heating, etc. the State House, One Thous- Heating, &sec ., and Dollars. Interest on the State Debt, Thirty-seven Thousand Five VgaretSteT Hundred Dollars. Printing Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly Printing and for all other printing done for thc. benefit and use of the State, Seven Thousand Dollars. For the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst, FortyoIDsIeplm irtai trle a State Thousand Dollars. Farnhurst New Castle County Highway Commissioner for salary' New Castle Co. One Thousand Dollars. criolgmhmwgioner For Public Highways in New Castle County, Ten Thous- Public high-ways, New and Dollars. Castle Co. For Public Highways in Kent County, Ten Thousand Kent county Dollars. For Public Highways in Sussex County, Ten Thousand Sussex county Dollars. For Factory Inspector, One Thousand Dollars. Factory Inspector For Registration Officers for Special Election, Fifty-five Registration Hundred Dollars. °Ulcers Board of State Supplies Contingent Fund, Five Hundred Board of State Dollars. supplies Divisions of Records, Five Hundred Dollars. DivLsion of records Redemption of Bonds, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand State Bonds, Dollars. redemption of 36 LAWS OF DELAWARE.. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. Department of Department of Elections for thc City of Wilmington,. Elections of Wilmington Forty-three Hundred Dollars. State bonds State House, repairs of Revenue and Taxation Commission Expenses incident to the issuance of State Bonds, Seven :Hundred and Fifty Dollars; For Repairs and Alterations of State House under Act passed A. D. 1907, Five Thousand Dollars. Act providing for the creation of a Revenue and Taxation Commission, Fifteen Hundred Dollars. State Board of For the State Board of Pharmacy, under Act of 1907, Two. Pharmacy Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Expenses incident to surveying of Public Lands under Act of 1907, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars. BMroign. uGmeenn. Jt otho n For monument to Brigadier General, John Dagworthy, Dagworthy Five Hundred Dollars. Farnhurst For an additional building at Farnhurst, Forty Thousand new building Dollars. Clerk of Senate For Clerk of Senate for preparing, indexing and superin-tending the printing of his Journal, Five Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Clerk of House For the Clerk of the House of Representatives for prepar-ing, indexing and superintending the printing of his Journal, Five Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Secretary of State for printing and publishing the Corpora-tion Laws, Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For expenses of taking the Organized Militia to the James-town Exhibition in the event that the Governor deems it ad-visable to have the field manoeuvres in the State of Virginia in the year 1907, to be paid on the warrant of the Adjutant General, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. For night watchman for State House, One Hundred Dollars. Fish, oyster For compiling. the Fish, Oyster and Game Laws, Fifty and game laws Dollars. Public lands survey Printing cor-poration laws Organized =Mitt at Jamestown Night watchman For shortening Smyrna River, Two Hundred Dollars. For shortening Mispillion River, Two Hundred Dollars. For defraying expenses in the Marvin Abduction case, Mervin Two Thousand Dollars. abduction For furnishing Secretary of State with Great Seal of State, (Slrta etea t Seal of Two Hundred Dollars. For binding books in the State Library, Dollars. - For the State Revenue Collector, under Act of 1907, State Revenue Twelve Hundred Dollars, for salary. Collector For the State Revenue Collector for contingent fund, Three Hundred Dollars. For the purchase of Oyster shells for St. Jones and Mur-2.*Tjil;ietiel: .derkill Creeks, Two Hundred Dollars. ana murderkill creeks For papers ill the New Jersey and Delaware SupremeyeartztilildNa Court case, Three Hundred Dollars. a ware Supremo Court case For repairing the State College for Colored Students, Five State Collego Thousand Dollars. for Colored Students For the Old Folks Home at Dover, Two Thousand Dol- old Folks lars. Home at Dover For the purpose of buying or budding a New Oyster Oyster Guard Boat 'Guard Boat, Five Thousand Dollars. Rent of two rooms in Court House two years for the State Rout for rooms Board of Agriculture, One Hundred and Forty-four dollars. in Court House Approved April 18, A. D. 1907. Five Hundred' state Library, for rebinding books LAWS 014 DELAWARE. 37 OF PUBLIC REVVN1JE. For special instructors for the indigent blind, Twelve Hun-otBinlln df,o r instruc- ,dred Dollars. For the Adjutant General for salary under Act of 1907, Six General Hundred Dollars. For the Ferris Reform School for carrying out the pro- Scyirioril Reform 'Visions of compulsory school law, Five Hundred Dollars. For Colored School Houses in Kent County, Five Hun-Colored school houses in Kent ,dred Dollars. county Smyrna river Mispillion river Appropriation for year 1908 Governor Lieutenant Governor Chancellor CHAPTER 17. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Making Appropriations for the Expenses of the State Govern-ment 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 nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives oj the Slate 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 im-mediately preceding the second Tuesday of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, pror vided, however, that all parts or portions of the several sums appropriated by this Act, which on said Monday immedi'ately preceding said second Tuesday in January, A. D. 1909 shall not have been paid out of the Treasury, shall be returned to ilie general fund of the Treasury. The said several funds hereby appropriated are as follows, viz :-- For the Governor for Salary, Two Thousand Dollars. For the contingent expenses of the Governor's office, One Thousand Dollars. For the Lieutenant Governor for services as a member for the State Board of Pardons, One Hundred Dollars. For the Chancellor for salary, Four Thousand Five Hun-dred Dollars. For the Chancellor for Reporting, Two Hundred Dollars. For the Chancellor for contingent expenses of the Court of Chancery, Two Hundred Dollars. For the Chancellor in pament of one hundred copies of his reports, Eight Hundred 'Dollars. 41 13), Ii 38 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 39 OF PUBLIC RBVENUE. For the Stenographer for the Court of Chancery, Twelve Stenographer for Chancellor Hundred Dollars. For the Chief Justice for salary, Four Thousand Five Hun-Chief justice dred Dollars. For the Four Associate Judges for salaries, Sixteen Thous-gedogeeisate and Dollars. For the Associate Judge resident in Kent County for re-Judge for Associate porting, Two Hundred Dollars. Kent Co. For the Court Stenographer for salary, Two Thousand SCtoeunrot grapher Dollars. For Transcript for Supreme Court and Assistant Stenogra-pher, Five Hundred Dollars. For the Secretary of State for salary, One Thousand Dol-grs.rte,,t,lrY Jars. For the Secretary of State as compensation for performing - the duties imposed upon him by the provisions of an Act en-titled "An Act to Raise Revenue for the State by taxing cer-tain corporations," passed A. D. 1899, the sum of Five Hun-dred Dollars. For the Secretary of State to pay the contingent expenses of his office, Fifteen Hundred Dollars. For the Secretary of State to pay costs of official bond, Fifty Dollars. For Steno,rranher and Typewriter for the Governor and Stenographer . for Governor Secretary of Stare, Nine Hundred- Dollars. and Secretary of State For the Attorney General for salary, Twenty-five Hundred lAiteto tenrtiie ly Dollars. For the Deputy Attorneys General for salary,-Two Thous- Deputy Attor-and Dollars. neys General. For contingent expenses for the Attorney General for pay- Contingent fund of Attor- ing expenses in criminal prosecutions, Twelve Hundred Dol- ney General Jars. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the two State Detectives for salaries, Twenty-four Hundred Dollars. For actual expenses and inserving requisition papers, Five Hundred Dollars. For the State Treasurer and trustee of school fund, sal-ary, One Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars. State Treasurer For the State Treasurer to purchase free text books, Five Hundred Dollars, under Section 22, Chapter 67, Volume 21, Laws of Delaware. For the State Treasurer for contingent expenses, Two Hundred Dollars. :Auditor of Ai:count., For the Auditor of Accounts for cortingent expenses, ex-clusive of clerical assistance, Five 1-1 undred Dollars. nsu ranee For the Insurance Commissioner for salary, Fifteen Hun- .dred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner foi services as State Su-nervisor of Banks, Trust Companies, &c., under Chapter 330, Volume 22, Law. of Delaware, Five Hundred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner to pay the necessary ex-penses of his office such as postage, stationery, &c., Five Hundred Dollars. For the Insurance Commissioner for contingent fund as State Supervisor of Banks. Trust Companies, &c., Three IIundred Dollars. For the I 11Stil ance Commissioner to pay the salary of his clerk. Six Hundred Dollars. For the Insuranec Commissioner to pay clerk under Chap-ter 330, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Three Hundred Dollars. State Librarian For the State Librarian for salary, Eight Hundred Dollars. For the State Auditor of Accounts for salary, Two Thous-and Dollars. 40 State Detectives ff.AwS OF DELAWARE. 41 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the State Librarian for contingent expenses, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For the State Librarian to purchase law books for State Library, Five Hundred Dollars. For the Janitor of the State House for salary, Five Hun- Janitor Ared Dollars. For the Fish Commissioner for salary, Five Hundred Dol- tAiin htnissioner Jars. For contingent expenses of Fish Commissioner to pay for postage and stationery, traveling exp:mses, &c., One Hun- (Ired and Twenty-five Dollars. For hatching. propagation. ropagation ofation. &c., of food fish under Chapter fish food .559, Volume IS, Laws of Delaware, Six Hundred Dollars. For the Oyster Revenue Collector for salary, Seven Hun- nue teo-r 'fired Dollars. For the payment of officers and crew of xvatchboat for the Oyster Watch Boat crew protection of oysters, Twenty-three Hundred and Forty Dollars. For -the benefit of The Free Public Schools and in addi- Public Schools tion to the income arising from the investment of the public school funds, to be used exclusively for the payment of teach-crs' salaries and for furnishing free text books, One Hundred and Thirty-two Thousand Dollars. For the three County Superintendents of schools, Thirty- County School Superinten- Six Hundred Dollars. dents For contingent expenses for the Three County Superin-tendents of schools, Nine Hund:ed Dollars. For the expenses of holding the Write teachers' inst'tute Teachers Insti-tute, white in the several counties of this State, Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For the exp znises of holding colored teachers' institute, Teachers Insti- tute, colored One Hmulred and Fifty Dollars. L iii drtdaouf For the purpose of paying the expenses of the State Board ;tta EgAnlitinSilctyhaoroi\ls of Education and also the expenses of County School Corn- 42 LAWS OF DELAWAREL OF PUBLIC MENU. missioners under the act entitled "An Act providing for the establishment of a general system of free public schools" passed at the adjourned session of the Legislature in 1898, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. Students at- For the State Treasurer to carry out the provisions of "An. tending graded schools Act providing graded school facilities for the children of this State," approved at Dover March 9, 1899, Thirteen Thous- 2nd Dollars. Liquor license, To provide for the return to liquor license holders of pro- return of fees for portionate part of license fees in local option districts in which there shall be a vote against license at the local option election to be held in November, 1907, Forty-four Thousand Dollars. For the trustees of Delaware Collei.le for the use of said College, being its share of appropriation made by the General Government for the year 1908, Twenty Thousand Dollars. State College For the trustees of the State College for colored students. fur Colored Students for use of said College, being its share of appropriation made lw the General Government for the year 1908, Five Thousand Dollars. Delaware In- For the Delaware Industrial School for°ids9 Three ctustrial for Girt-School Thousand Dollars. SDt.a yM Nicuhraseerl'ys For St. Michael's Day Nursery and Hospital for babies, Hospital Five Hundred Dollars. Books, c.. for For the purchase of books, maps and other appliances for blind the use of the blind, One Hundred Dollars. For the President of the Board of Trustees of the State Hospital at Farnhurst for visiting the institutions outside of the State in which are being instructed at the expense of the State, indigent deaf and dumb, indigent blind, and indigent idiotic children and for making report to the Governor con-cerning the same, One Hundred Dollars. Deaf, dumb, For the maintenance and instruction of the indigent deaf blind and idiotic children and dumb, and indigent blind, indigent idiotic children, it institutions outside of the State, Ten Thousand Dollars. Delaware College President of State Hospital at Farnhurst LAWS OF DELAWARE. 43, OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the Delaware Society for the prevention of cruelty to children for the purpose of enforcing laws, &c., Nine Hun- elty to Children dred Dollars. For the State Library Commission under the provisions of State Library Commission Chapter 362, Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, Seven Hundred Dollars. For the State Library Commission, contingent expenses, Two Hundred Dollars. For Libraries in school districts, Three Hundred Dollars. sLetibloraoriesit distri icts For the Chairman of the Committee on traveling libraries Traveling libraries of the State Federation of Women's Clubs for Delaware, the sum of One Hundred Dollars for the purpose of establishing traveling libraries. For the Historical Society of Delaware, Three Hundred Historical Society of Dollars. Dclaviaro For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of the oNiagoolltawl aGrtem rd Act entitled "An Act to provide for tlie maintenance, disci-pline and regulation of the National Guard of Delaware," passed May 7, 1897, as amended, Five Thousand Dollars. For the National Guard of Delaware for field practice, Eight Thousand Dollars. . For the National Guard of Delaware under provisions of Act passed 1907, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. For the burial of indigent soldiers, sailors and marines, diers, sailors Indigent sot- Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars. and marines For G. A. R. Memorial Day expenses, One Thousand Dol-. G. A. B. Memorial Day Jars. For the State Board of Health, Twenty-five Hundred Health State Board of Dollars. For the salary of the Bacteriologist and all expenses of the Bacteriologist pathological and bacteriological laboratory at Delaware Col-lege, Twenty-five Hundred Dollars. For Medical councils of Delaware, Three HundredCou Med Dollars. 44 LAWS OF DELAWARE. HWoauteser for State To the town of Dover for water for the use of the State House, One Hundred Dollars. Telephone for To Diamond State Telephone Company, rent of telephone State House . tor State House, Twenty-five Dollars. For Insurance against fire on property belonging to the State, One Thousand Dollars. Repairs for For the State Treasurer for repairs to the State property, State property One Hundred Dollars. For repairing, heating, &c. of State House, One Thousand Dollars. Interest on the State Debt, Thirty-reven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. Printing Printing Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly and for all other printing done for the benefit and use of the State, Ten Thousand Dollars. Dela ware State Delaware State Hosphal at Farnhurst, Sixty Thousand Hospital at Farnhunit Dollars. New Castle Po. New Castle County State Highway Commissioner for sal- State Highway Commissioner ary, One Thousand Dollars. Public high- For PAlic Ili,,hw.tvs in New CasCe County, Ten Thous- 'ways. New Cuts. 4 Ile CO. and Dollars. Insurance OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For the Peninsula Horticultural Society, Five Hundred Dollars. For the Farmers' Institute for the purpose of defraying in-cidental expenses of holding same, Six Hundred Dollars. For the State Board of Agriculture, Three Thousand Dol-lars. For Immigration Board for the purpose of encouraging immigration, I'm nty-five Hundred Dollars. For the purpose of defraying expenses involved in eradi-cating infectious diseases among lower animals, Twelve Hun-dred Dollars. horticultural Society Farmers Institute State Board of Agriculture Immigration Board Infectious ills-eases in lower animals Ileating, ete., State house Interest Division of Records, Five Hundred Dollars. Department of elections in the city of Wilmington, Forty-Department ElectionsDeptmarenizt o i f three Hundred Dollars. Wilmington For putting into effect the provisions of an act creating a Revenue and Revenue and Taxation commission, Fifteen Hundred Dol- anxamtliossnion lars. To the State Board of Pharmacy under Act of 1907, Two P n y State Board of Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For the Secretary of State for printing and publishing in-Corporation laws corporation laws, Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars. For special instructors for the indigent blind, Twelve Itlismilzrinstruc- Hundred Dollars. For the Adjutant General for salary. Six Hundred Dollars. etteirtaapt For the Ferris Reform School to carry into effect thepro- School visions of the compulsory school law, Five Hundred Dollars. For colored school houses in Kent County, Five Hundred opo!iosreesdlislclicooenit Dollars. Co. To defray the expenses of the Little Legislature, One "Little Legislature" Thousand Dollars. For the State Revenue Collector for salary, Twelve Hun-Sttagvenue Collector dred Dollars. For the State Revenue Collector for contingent fund, Three Hundred Dollars. Approved April 18, A. D. 1907. Division of Records LAWS OF DBLAWARE. 45 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. For Public Highways in Kent County, Ten Thousand Kent Co. Dollars. Public Highways in Sussex County, Ten Thousand Dol- Sussex Co. jars. For Factory Inspector for salary, One Thousand Dollars. l';Ilsept2,',,r For Registration officers for compensation, Thirteen oMRe gocriss tration Thousand Dollars. Board of State supplies, contingent fund, Five Hundredpp uoarldieosf State Dollars. $ 25.00 62.16 94.05 Io8.16 23.05 32.75 50.00 140.00 Julian B. Robinson 33.00 The News Publishing Co 26.00 George W. Baker 4.40 Chas H. Gray 2.50 Mercantile Printing Co. 9.80 Robert H. Vandyke 186.54 The Sentinel Printing Co 4.00 The Sentine) Printing Co. 207.60 J. S. Godwin 46.85 Theodore Townsend 300.00 The Evening Journal 14.30 J. S. Rowan 13.32 The Delawarean Co. 132.60 Theodore Townsend 48.00 D. C. Allee 956.57 The Sentinel Printing Co. 3.00 46 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 18. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Appropriating Certain Money out of the State Treasury of this State to Pay Certain Claims Against the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State ol Delaware in General Assembly met: Sundry clams Section I. That the several sums of money hereinafter named are hereby appropriated out of the Treasury of this State for the purpose of paying the claims hereinafter men-tioned, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same as follows: T. E. Goslee Theodore Townsend Jelin D. Brooks John D. Brooks Mercantile Printing Co. Mercantile- Printing Co. Edith D. Ingersoll The News Publishing Co LAWS OF DELAWARE. 47 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. It. H. Vandyke 1.50 Thomas W. Wilson 150.00 Lewis Chambers 50.00 A. B. Conner 26.35 State Board of Agriculture on account of Anthrax &c. 606.70 Charles M. Smith 305.20 Elmer I. Abbott 300.00 Diamond State Telephone Co. 226.00 William E. Smith 2.75 Thomas S. Lewis 25.00 Charles Hardcastle 80.00 Fannie Herrington 25.00 Joseph H. Brown 2.50 Dover Machine Works 32.14 Robert H. Vandyke 86.32 Layton Sz Layton 64.15 R. W. Ewing 7.00 Edward Baker, Sheriff 26.00 James W. Wise 30.00 J. S. Rowan 95.40 Joseph L. Bonsall 30.00 R. J. Ferguson 13.50 T. K. Jones & Bro. 36.55 Evening Journal Co. 32.86 Dover Artificial Ice Co 27.84 C. L. Moore 35.00 U. S. Post Office 6.00 sentinel Printing Co. 4 2.93.05 Amos A. Watson 6.00 Walter Pardoe 30.00 james A. Hirons 94.69 James A. Hirons 93.00 William Dewitt 15m Remington Typewriter Co 87.75 Chauncey P. Holcomb 24.50 The Delaware Ledger 32.50 Theodore Townsend 30.00 The News Publishing Co. 50.00 R. J. Ferguson 7.50 Star Publishing Co. 45.00 48 LAWS OF DELAWARE.. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. Lnyton & Layton 227.33, I. ayton & Layton 1281.72 _lc lin M. Rogers 98.25 jcseph L Cahall 200.00, W. F. Hartnett 12.00 A ranship Rash 95.00. Purnal B. Norman 70.50 Diamond State Telephone Co. 7.85. Dr. H. P. Eves 36.00 Dr. Henry Marshall 65.00 A. R. Spaid 75.00. Walter Pardoe 142.50 Winfield S. Quigley 21000 Walter H. Hayes 650.00. W. S. Hines 650.00 A. B. Cooper 650.00 James E. Carroll 50.00. A. R. Spaid 50.00 George W. Sparks 5o.85 Thomas M. Monaghan 50.85 William H. Miller 5085 John M. Mendinhall 54.75 John W. Morrison 40.50 Edward Hart 3080 Thomas C. Moore 18.84 John W. Houston 18.oa -Rernesen C. Barnard 9.00 William T. Jester 17.29 Samuel E. Reed 37.35 David H. Boyce 48.52 Archie B. Lingo 5085 James Rowland. Jr. 48.20 Benjamin B. Allen 5o.85 William H. Baggs 18.84 Henry 0. Bennum, Jr 29.36 Richard T. Cann, Jr. 36.00 Charles S. Conwell 12.30 T. L. Cooper 15.00 T. 0. Cooper 50.85 Alexander P. Corbit 31. I I Luther F. Cubbage 41.40 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. 4 49. James S. Donaway- 30.25 William H.Elliott.................................... 4&52 Darlington Flinn 50.85 Gamaliel Garrison.. 5.85 Albert Harrington .............. 25.50 Jermiah B. Harvey. 33.30 Chauncey P. Holcomb 50.85 Noah H. James. 46.80 Robert Keenan 50.85 Edward R. Knotts 17.65 Joshua J. Lambdin 46.58 John W. Messick 51.00 Oliver A. Newton 34.65 Frank R. Paradee 52.80 James C. Palmer 61.35 Howard Rash 15.50 issac Richards 41.97 William H. Richardson 30.60 Wilmer C. Staats 19.32 William G. Williams 69.75 John P. Wilson 50.10 Approved April 18, A. D. 1907. 50 LAWS Or DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVVNUE. . . CHAPTER 19. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Appropriating Twenty Thousand Dollars as an Appropriation to the State Board of Trustees of the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met Dulaware State Section T. That the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars, is nompitni Iftoainmiblp,mritf ir hereby appropriated and authorized to be paid out of the Treasury of this State to -The State Board of Trustees of the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst" as an appropriation, for the use and support of "The Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst." Approved January 31, A. D. 1907. LAWS OF DULAWARE. 51 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 20. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Appropriating One Hundred Thousand Dollars to the State Board of Trustees of the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Stale of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Forty Thousand Dollars or so RelaTilielttato much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated b'gghurst, and authorized to be paid out of the ITeasury of this State to faro op.orolar year 1907 The State Board of Trustees of The Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst for the use and support of The Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst during the fiscal year ending on Mon-day next immediately preceding the s-cond Tuesday of Janu-ary in the year A. D., nineteen hundred and eight. Section 2. That the further and additional sum of Si t $60000.00 for Thousand Dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, be year 190S and the same is hereby appropriated and authorized to be paid out of the treasury of this State to The State Board of Trustees of The Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst for the use and support of The Delaware State Hospital at rarnhurst during the fiscal year ending on Monday next immediately preceding the second Tuesday of January in the year A. D., nineteen hundred and nine. Approved March 29, A. D. 1907. Funds, bow drawn LAWS OP DPLAWARIE. OF PUBLIC REVENTIV. CHAPTER 21. OF PUBLIC kEynNus. AN ACT Appropriating Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) for the Mainten-ance and Support of the Old Peoples some at Dover. Whereas the Ever Ready Circle Kings Daughters, a cor-poration of the State of Delaware, has erected in the Town of Dover, Kent County and State of Delaware a home for the reception, care and maintenance of aged people of this State; orid Whereas the said home is a charitable institution, and the fee required from persons desiring admission therein will be inadequate for the maintenance of said home and for the care vnd support of the inmates thereof; and Whereas the said Ever Ready Circle Kings Daughters, the aforesaid corporation, has expended all of its money in the erection and preparation of said home, and is therefore un-able, for the present, to provide proper care and maintenance for the persons who shall be inmates of said home. There-fore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House oi Refiresentatives-of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met Ap5'2000.propriation Section 1. That the sum of Two Thousand Dollars 01. 00 to . Old Peoples (, 2,000) be and same is hereby appropriated out of the treas- Home at Dover ury of this State, to be paid to the Ever Ready Circle Kings Daughters, a corporation of this State for the maintenance and support of the Old Peoples Home, established in the Town of Dover, Kent County and State of Delaware by said corporation. Section 2. That the said sum of Two Thousand Dollars is$2000) shall be paid to the President of said corporation by warrant drawn by the Governor upon the State Treasurer, and the receipt of the President of said corporation attested by its Secretary shall be a sufficient voucher therefor. Approved April 9, A.. D. 1907. 52 Preamble Preamble Preamble LAWS OF DELAWARE. 53 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 22. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT in Relation to an Investigation of the Supposed Abduction of Horace Marvin. Whereas the people of the State have been shocked by the Preamble mysterious disappearance and supposed abduction of Horace Marvin, a minor, from his home, near Dover, therefore, Pe it enacted by the Senate and House of Rej5resentatives of the Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met. Section 1. That the Governor of the State is hereby Governor au-authorized to engage special detectives and employ such Eigyrizdegetgtievr:.; other means as he may deem best to investigate the supposed tansvesp,Dosugaer abduction of Horace Marvin and to arrest and punish the per- abduuwon of Horace Marvin petrators of the crime, if any there be. Section 2. That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized .and directed to pay out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated upon warrants drawn by the Gover- gruands. how nor the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. Approved March 13, A. D. 1907. Preamble Preamble Appropriation to Levy Court of New Castle Co. CHAPTER 23 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Authorizing the State Treasurer to Pay over to the Levy Court. of New Castle County the sum of Five Hundred Dollars to Reimburse, the Levy Court of New Castle County for Compensation Paid by said Levy Court to the Five Assessors of Wilmington Hundred for Perform-ing the Duties under the Provisions of Section 19, Chapter 12, Revised Code of 1893, Laws of Delaware, as Amended by Chapter 50, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware. 'Whereas, under the provisions of Chapter 50, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware, the five assessors of Wilmington Hundred did make out the list provided in Section 19, Chapter 12, Re-vised Code of 1893, Laws of Delaware, for their respective tepresentative or assessor districts; and Whereas, the Levy Court of New CP.stle County, under the provisions of said Chapter 50, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware,. has paid to each of said assessors for assessments made by them respectively for two years, the sum of one hundred dol-lars, amounting in all to five hundred dollars, for performing the duties aforesaid; and Whereas, the duties performed by said assessors and paid for by said Levy Court were performed for the State of Dela-ware, Therefore; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives-of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section f. That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to pay over to the Levy Court of New Castle County, the sum of five hundred dollars. Section 2. That the said sum of five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby expressly appropriated and set apart out of any monies now being in the hands of the State Treas-urer and not otherwise duly appropriated. Section 3. This Act 'shall he deemed and taken to be a public Act. Approved April fi, A. D. 1907. 54 LAWS OF DFLAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 55 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 24. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Providing for an Appropriation of Five Hundred Dollars to Erect a Monument in Memory of Brigadier General John Dagworthy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met. Section 1. That a joint committee consisting of Preston Lea, Governor, representing the State, and Charles B. Lore and George W. Marshall, representing the Historical Society of Delaware, together with an Auxiliary Committee of Henry C. Conrad, John W. Messick, Reverend Lewis W. Wells, Daniel Burton, Derrick B. Hazzard, Charles L. Moore and Rufus D. Lingo, Jr., be and is hereby appointed to erect a suitable monument to the memory of Brigadier General John Dagworthy, in the Graveyard of Prince George's Church near Dagsboro, in this State, and the sum of Five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for that purpose, said sum, or so much of the same as shall be necessary, to be expended under the direction of said Committee. Approved April 9, A. D. 1907. 8500.00 appro-priation to erect a monu-ment to Briga-dier General John Dag-worthy, name of committee 56 LAWS OF DELAWARE. Preamble OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 25. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT in Relation to Repairing the Binding and Rebinding Certain Books in the State Library, and Providing for the Payment of the same. Whereas, a great many valuable books in the State Library are in danger of being rendered useless by reason of the de-lapidated condition of the binding thereof; Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives o/ the State of Delaware in General Assembly met State Librarian Section T. That the State Librarian be and he hereby is directed to bay° books authorized to have repaired the binding. of or to have rebound rebound such books in the State Library as may be in need thereof; Appropriation and a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars shall be the of .5500.00 cost of such work, said cost of said repairing and rebinding therefor when appropriated, shall be paid from time to time by the State Treasurer upon the requisition of the State Librarian. Approved February 7, A. D. 1907. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 57 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 26. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Appropriating Certain Money out of the State Treasury of this State to Pay the Claim of George W. Baker, for fuel. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met. Section 1. That the sum of Four hundred and twenty- aPfrunation four dollars and eighty cents ($424.80) is hereby appropriated Geo. W. Baker out of the Treasury of this State for the purpose of paying the claim of George W. Baker, for fuel, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same. Approved February 7, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 27 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Appropriating Certain Money out of the Treasury of this State to Pay the Claim of Cornelius J. Horrigan for services rendered the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentatives .of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section i. That the sum of Two Hundred and Thirty Dol-OgghtoJ1 Jars and thirty-four cents, be and the same is hereby appro- Honig= priated out of the Treasury of this State for the purpose of paying the claim of Cornelius J. Horrigan for services ren-dered the State, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same. Approved February 25, A. D. 1907. 58 LAWS OF DELAWARE.- OF PUBLIC REVENUE. APC3reirali." Harrington Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met Section 1. That the sum of Two hundred and thirty dol-lars and thirty-four cents, be and the same is hereby appro-priated out of the Treasury of this State for the purpose of paying the claim of Walter J. Harrington for services render-ed the State, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same. Approved February 25, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 28. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Appropriating Certain Money out of the Treasury of this State to Pay the Claim of Walter J. Harrington for Services Rendered the State. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 59 OP PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 29. OP PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Appropriating Certain Money out of the Treasury of this State to Pay the Claim of John Barr for Services Rendered the State. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met Section i. That the sum of Two hundred and thirty dol-tAop Jpohrnop raaMrro n Jars and thirty-four cents, be and the same is hereby appro-priated out of the Treasury of this State for the purpose of paying the claim of John Barr for services rendered the State, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the same. Approved Pebruary 25, A. D. 19o7 6o LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 30. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Appropriating the sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars to F. Edna Dick as Compensation for Services as Clerk to the Auditor of Accounts. Appropriation to F. Edna Dick Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Three Hundred and.Fifty Dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury of this State for the purpose of compensating P. Edna Dick for services as Clerk in the Of-fice of the Auditor of Accounts from May 7, 1906 to Decem-ber 7,1906, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the said amount to the said F. Edna Dick im-mediately upon the approval of this Act. Approved March 21, A. D. 1907. .. I, LAWS OF DELAWARE. 61 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 31. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Appropriating the sum of Forty Dollars and Thirty-three Cents to Margaret B. Cooper as Compensation for Services as Clerk to the Auditor of Accounts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section .1. That the sum of Forty Dollars and Thirty- Appropriation three cents be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any tapaerrg ar et B. money in the Treasury of this State for the purpose of com-pensating Margaret B. Cooper for services as Clerk in the office of the Auditor of Accounts from December 7, 1906 to January I, 1907, and the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the said amount to the said Margaret B. Cooper immediately upon the approval of the Act. Approved March 21, A. D. 1907. 62 LAWS OE DELAWARE. OF PUBCIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 32. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to Appropriate Five Thousand Dollars for the Alteration, Repair and Additions to Buildings for tho State College for Colored Students. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (three-fourths of all the members elected to each House concurring therein): Appropriation Section r. That for the alteration, repair and additions to lortti=liege buildings on the grounds of the State College for Colored Students Students, near Dover, in the State of Delaware, to better en-able the Board of Trustees to carry into effect the purposes as provided by the various Acts of Congress, applicable thereto, and for other purposes, the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money not otherwise appro-priated, to be paid by the State Treasurer to the Trustees of said College as follows: One-half thereof on the first day of July A. D. nineteen hundred and seven and the other half on the first day of July A. D. nineteen hundred and eight. Approved March 29, A. D. 1907. -LAWS OF DELAWARE. 63 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 33. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to Provide for the State of Delaware to be Represented at the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition and to Make an Appropriation therefor. Whereas, the Congress of the United States has passed an Preamble Act Approved March 3rd, 1905, entitled "An Act to provide for celebrating the birth of the American nation, the first per-manent Settlement of English speaking people on the west-ern hemisphere, by the holding of an international naval marine and military celebration in the vicinity of Jamestown, CU the waters of Hampton Roads, in the State of Virginia, to provide for the suitable and permanent commemoration of said event and to authorize an appropriation therefor and for other purposes," and Whereas, it is eminently proper that the natural resources Preamble and the industrial, agricultural and horticultural interests and progress of the State of Delaware should be fully and credit-ably displayed at said exposition, therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reibresentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met Section 1. That for the purpose of exhibiting the re- gsivenInerezen. sources, products and general development of the State of tennial Delaware at the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition to be animi.sasri cenroefaXt held at Hampton Roads, in the State of Virginia beginning April 26, 1907, a commission is hereby constituted, to be des-ignated "The Jamestown Ter-Centennial Commissioners of Delaware", to consist of nine residents of the State of Dela-ware, one of whom shall be the Governor of the State who shall be Chairman of the said commission; the other members of the said commission shall be appointed 1Iy the Governor, lempoc,vitt,;, one from each House of the General Assembly and two from each County of the State. Section 2. That said board of Commissioners shall meetManizatloin of within ten days from the date of their appointment and or- .64 LAWS OF DELAWARE.- OF PUBLIC REVENUE, ganize by the election of a President, a Vice president, a Sec-retary and a treasurer. The Treasurer of said board of com-missioners shall give a bond to the State of Delaware in the sum of Twenty thousand dollars, with sureties to be approved by the Governor, for the faithful performance of his duties. A majority of the members of said board shall constitute a quorum, the board shall have power to make such rules and regulations and to employ such agents or persons as it may deem necessary. Any member of the board may be removed, at any time, by the Governor for cause. and any vacancy oc-curing in the board shall be filled by the Governor. No member of the board shall receive any compensation for ser-vices, but may be allowed actual and necessary expenses in-curred. Section 3. The said board shall have charge of the inter-ests of the State of Delaware and its citizens in the prepara-tion and exhibition at the said Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition of the natural and industrial products of the State, and of objects illustrating its history and progress, together with its moral and material welfare and development; and in general shall have and exercise full authority in relation to the participation of the State of Delaware and its citizens in said Jamestown Ter-Centennial Expor,ition. And shall sell or otherwise dispose of all buildings and other property ac-quired by it, as it shall deem best to the interests of the State. Section 4. To carry out the provisions of this Act the sum 5%.,Tpropriationl of "ten thousand dollars ($r0000.00)" or so much thereof as "u"'w shall be necessary, is hereby appropriated, and the State Treasurer is directed to pay the same from the general fund, from time to time, on the requisition of said Board of Corn-missioners, signed by the President and Secretary who shall Ponds, how drawn certify that the sum is actually necessary for disbursement; and at the close of service of said Board of Commissioners it shall make a full report to the Governor of its proceedings including all receipts and disbursements, with complete vouchers therefor attached. Approved January 21, A. D. 1907. Remoya/ for cause of any member Powers of Commission Exhibits LAWS OP DELAWARE. 65 OP PUBLIC tatvzIstuit. CHAPTER 34, OF PUBLIC REVENVIt. AN ACT Appropriating Two Hundred Dollars for the Purpose of Pur-chasing Shells for St. Jones' Creek and Murderkill Creek as an aid in the Propagation of Oysters. Be id enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Two Hundred Dollars be and fAgrozfrastili. the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the fordcirodnelm Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to purchase shells for'geeksu er distribution along the flats and reaches of St. Jones' Creek and Murderkill Creek where same will lot be interfered with by dredges or mud-diggers, to aid in the propagation of oysters. Section 2. That the Oyster Revenue Collector shall have Oyster Reve. supervision of the purchase and distribution of the shells, and one shall carry into effect the provisions of this Act immediately an distribute upon the approval hereof. The cost of said shells, including sal" freight and expenses incident to the purchase of same, shall not exceed six and one-half cents per bushel. All bills in-curred by the Oyster Revenue Collector in carrying into effect the provisions of this Act, up to and including Two Hundred Dollars. shall be paid by the State Treasurer to the Funds; bow:- parties to whom the money is due upon the warrant of the drawn Oyster Revenue Collector. Approved March 21, A. D. 1907. 5 66 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OP PUBLIC REVENUE. 'PreamMe Appropriation to School Dis-trict No. 116, Kent Co. CHAPTER 35. OP PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT for the Relief of School District No. Ile in sent County,' Delaware. Whereas, School District No. 116, Kent County, did not receive any dividend for any portion ,)f the school fund for the year 1906, therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section r. That immediately upon the approval of this Act, the State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay out of the school fund to the clerk of School District No. x i6, in Kent County, the sum of Two Hundred and Fifteen Dollars, for the use of said District, and to charge the said amount to the apportionment of the school fund for Kent County. Approved March 9, A. D. 1907. LAWS OF DELAWARE. OR PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 36 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT for the Improvement of the Schoolhouses for Colored Children in Kent County, and Making an Appropriation therefor. Whereas, At least three school districts in Kent County for Preamble colored people have no buildings in which their children can be educated; and Whereas, The financial condition of the colored people is Preamble such that school buildings can not be erected unless some aid is extended them; therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives .of the Slate of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section 1. That the sum of Five hundred dollars annually aPerctrrieudtim for two years is hereby appropriated from the State Treasury spool hsusea 'for the purpose of repairing, enlarging and building school- o Kent co. :houses for the colored children of Kent County, said amount to be under the control and direction of the County School %Commission for Kent County. Section 2. That the Kent County School Commission County row -E.hall decide, after conference with the school committees of ggia=gto the respective districts, upon the location of the school, or the expend funds nature and extent of repairs or enlargement that may be necessary, and before the commencement of the work shall 'determine the amount that is to be appropriated to the partic- .,ular district. Section 3. That the amount herein appropriated shall be -paid by the State Treasurer on orders drawn by the President Funds, how 'of the Kent County School Commission, attested by the drawn :Secretary of the Commission. Approved March 14, A. D. 1907. 68 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 37. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to Provide a Fund to be used by the County Superintendantg or Schools to Pay the Necessary' Expenses of Visiting Schools. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentalives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Contingent Section 1. That the sum of three hundred dollars for each fund for Coun-ty School Sup- of the County Superintendents of Schools be, and the same is, erintendents hereby annually appropriated out of any moneys in the Treas-ury not otherwise appropriated as a contingent fund for the use of the County Superintendents of Schools, the said sum or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used by them for the purpose of paying the necessary expenses incident to visiting schools, and on the submission of proper receipts duly approved by the State Board of Education, the State. Treasurer is hereby authorized, from time to time, to pay to the said County Superintendents of Schools the aforesaid 'mount or so much thereof as shall be necessary. Section 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 21, A. D. 19(7. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 69 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 38. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Providing for a Contingent Fund for the Board of State Supplies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section x. That the sum of Five Hundred Dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated annually out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, as a contingent Ft?nnetionngte ifund for the use of said Board of State Supplies, to be used inei7papilig payment for stationery, postage supplies and in the employ-ment of a person or persons possessing the necessary techni-cal skill to assist said Board in rendering more efficient the .operation of the provisions of Chaptec 82, Volume 23, Laws of Delaware entitled "An Act regulating the furnishing of -...upplies for the State," said funds to be properly accounted for by vouchers accompanying the warrants drawn by said Board on said fund. Approved March 9, A. D. 1907. 70 LAWS OF DELAWARE-OP PUBLIC REVENUB. CHAPTER 39. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to Provide for the Refunding of a Proportion of Liquor License. Fees in Local Option Districts in which there shall be a Majority Vote Against License. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives ol the State o/ Delaware in General Assembly met: Refunding pro- Section i. That in case, upon the taking of the vote in the portionate part of liquor several Local Option Districts of the State upon the question license fees in districts voting whether the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors shall iligqatIst sale of be licensed or prohibited within the limits thereof, under the provisions ot the Statute of the State of Delaware in that be-half made and provided, there shall be in any of the said. Local Option Districts a majority against license, the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to refund to the respective holders of liquor licenses in such Local Option, Districts in which said vote shall be against license, and. whose business, by reason of said majority vote against license in said Local Option District, and under the pro-visions of the State Constitution and said Statute, shall be made unlawful, a proportionate part of the license fees paidl by the several holders of such liquor licenses, in such Local' Option District, prior to the taking of said vote. The pro-portion of said license fees to be refunded as aforesaid shall be determined by calculating the time which the respective-liquor licenses would have to run and be operative after the date of the publication of the proclamation of the Governor, stating the result of said vote in said several Local Option. Districts, provided for in Section 7 of the Statute providing for the taking of said vote for and against license, before said Proportion of pleb fees, how licenses would by law expire. The corporation of said license ascertained fees to be so refunded shall be such proportion of the several license fees as the time which said several liquor licenses. would have to run and be operative would bear to the time for which said several liquor licenses were originally granted.. For the purpose of ascertaining the portion of said several LAWS OF DELAWARE. OP PUBLIC REVENUE. liquor licenses to be refunded as aforesaid, the several holders of such liquor licenses shall procure from the Clerk of tbeciesot Peace, in the County in which such Local Option District is Mealier-located, a certificate of such Clerk of the Peace, under the theret° Seal of such County, stating the date of the granting of such license, the period for which said license was granted and the date upon which said license we uld in due course of law ex-pire, and file the same with the said State Treasurer. The said several Clerks of the Peace shall be entitled to receive for the making of each of said certificates a fee of fifty cents. The Pleesges, gem of.. State Treasurer shall accept said certificates as conclusive evidence, of the facts therein stated, and shall pay out of the Duty of State State Treasury, to such liquor license holders, the said pro-Treasurer portion of such liquor license fees, so to be refunded, upon the presentation of said certificate, and the calculation of the amount to be refunded as aforesaid. The State Treasurer .hall take from such liquor license holders, upon his payment of the money so refunded to them, their several receipts therefor, which shall be endorsed upon the certificate afore-said. Approved March 29, A. D. 1907. :7* LAWS Or DELAWARE. OP PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 40. OP PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT in Relation to the Licensing of Grain Distilleries and to the Sale and Removal of the Products therel5f, and Prescribing Penalties. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentatzves of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: 'Grain distillers Section 1. That from and after the passage of this Act to procure license from every distiller of spiritous or alcoholic liquors from grain, be- :State Treasurer Tore beginning operations, shall procure from the State Treasurer a license authorizing the operation of said distillery for the term of one year from the date thereof; for which license he shall pay to the said State Treasurer the sum of five sioense fee hundred dollars ($500); Provided that the holder of any license for the operation of a grain distillery, which is not yet expired, shall not be required to procttre a license under the provisions of this Section until the expiration of the term of the said unexpired license. "Section 2. That hereafter every person holding a license Licenseemay authorizing the distilling of spiritous or alcoholic liquors sell product in ; quantities of .rom grain, is authorized and empowered to sell his products omnoer ge allon or :n the quantity of one gallon or more which shall not be drunk on the premises nor on any Other premises under the Proviso control of the said distiller; provided, however, that this sec-tion shall not be construed to authorize any sale of said pro-ducts in a smaller quantity than one gallon to the single -Proviso package; and provided further, that it shall be unlawful for any distiller to suffer or permit any liquor sold under the pro-visions of this Act, to be removed from the premises except in the package in which the same shall have been sold, un-broken and unopened; and provided further that said pack-age shall not contain any bottle or vessel containing a less quantity than one quart. "AVciot lmatiiosdne o- f Section 3. Every violation of any of the provisions of this aneanor Act shall be a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof the Penally offender shall pay a fine of one hundred dollars ($ioo) and LAWS OF DELAWARE. 73 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. .costs of prosecution, and shall also be imprisoned for a term .of not less than one nor more than six months, and shall for- 'felt his license. Section 4. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith hereby repealed. Approved April iz, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 41. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT in Relation to the Licensing of Fruit Distilleries, and to the Sale and Removal of the Products thereof, and Prescribing Penalties. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives .of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met : Section i. That from and after the passage of this Act .every distiller of spirituous or alcoholic liquors from fruits or fruit juices before beginning operations, shall procure from Fruit distillers the State Treasurer a license authorizing the operation Of ?m said distillery for the term of one year or the fractional part State Treasurer thereof from its date, paying therefor the sum of Two Hun- .dred Dollars ($200) for a license for one year, or the sum of License fee 'Twenty Dollars ($20) per month for a license for the frac-tional part of a year; Provided that the holder of any license for the operation cf a fruit distillery, which is not yet expired, shall not he required to procure a license under the provisions of this Section until the expiration of the term of the said un- .expired license. Section 2. That hereafter every distiller holding a license authorizing the distilling of spirituous or alcholic liquors from Lticiegrlumetrn fruits or fruit juices is authorized and empowered to sell his g=ogi, products in the quantity of one gallon. or more, which shall MOM 74 LAWS OF DELAWARE... Proviso Proviso Violation of Act a misde-meanor Penalty Or PUBLIC REVENUE. not be drunk on the premises nor on any other premises un-- der the control of the said distiller; Provided however, that. this Section shall not be construed to authorize the sale of. said products in any smaller quantity than one gallon to the single package, and provided further, that it shall be unlawful for any distiller to suffer or permit any liquor sold under the provisions of this Act, to be removed from the premises ex-cept in the package in which the same shall have been sold unbroken and unopened, and provided also, that no single vessel contained in any package so sold as aforesaid shall hold a less quantity than one quart. Section 3. That every violation of any of the provisions of this Act shall be a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof the offender shall pay a fine of One Hundred Dollars ($too) and costs of prosecution, and shall also be imprisoned for a term of not less than one nor m pre than six months, and shall forfeit his license. Section 4. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved March 15, A. D. 1907. LAWS OF DELAWARE. 75 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 42. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT Relating to the State Taxes of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company, and Repealing Chapter 368, Volume 14, Laws of Delaware. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met. Section t. That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby P B tcNV R R authorized and directed to accept and receive from the Phila- Co.:t'ax Of delphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and seven and in each and every year thereafter, until otherwise direct- .d by the General Assembly, the sum of Thirty-seven Thous- aArononuunaltot and Dolla:s to be paid in equal quarterly payments, on the first day oi April, July, October and January of each year, the How paid first payment to be made on the first day of April, next, in lieu of all taxes which may het eafter become due from said In lieu of what Company in each year, as aforelaid, under any and all laws of this State, except such taxes ai may become due under the provisions of an Act entitled, "An Act to raise revenue for this State," Passed August jith, 1864, and excepting such taxes as may become due under the provisions of An Act en-titled, "An Act relating to taxes for County and Municipal purposes," being Chapter 241, Volume 18, Laws of Dela-ware, passed at Dover, March 31, 1887. Section 2. That upon the payment by the said Philadel-phia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Company to the State Treasurer of the sum of Thirty-seven thousand dollars, in equal quarterly payments, as aforesaid, in any year, it shall be the duty of the said State Treasurer. and he is hereby au-thorized to execute and deliver to said company a proper Itagtrv raecageutifteir acquittance and discharge from the payment of all taxes tanco due, or to become due in the year for which such payment shall have been made, except the tax due or to become due under the provisions of the aforesaid Act entitled, "An Act 76 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. to raise revenue for this State," being Chapter 458, Volume 12, Laws of Delaware, passed August r ith, 1864, and under said Chapter 241, Volume 18, Laws of Delaware. Section 3. That nothing in this Act shall be construed to Act not to re-eal any exist. repeal, modify, or in any manner affect any existing law im- ;p :ing law posing taxes upon the said Company, otherwise than to sus-pend a collection of said taxes in any year which the said Company shall pay to the State Treasurer the amount speci-fied in this Act, nor shall the provisions of this Act, or any- Act not a con tract exempt- - thing herein contained be contrued into a contract exempt- i tfnrogm s apkai yCmo.e nt m g the said Company from the Payment of such taxes as the aofft tearx Iems phoesreed- l,e gislature of this State may hereafter impose upon said 1 Company. 1 .1C'o1.3 m.4aWy .Fi. R . pay Section 4. That if the said Philadelphia, Baltimore and $13000.00 in lieu of tax provided Railroad Company may desire to pay to this in Chap. 458, State a gross sum of Thirteen Thousand Dollars in lieu of the Volume 12 i said Tax provided for in said Chapter 458, Volume 12, Laws i of Delaware, in semi-annual installments, on the first day of l October and the first day of 1.pril iv each and every year 1 beginning with the first day of April in the year 1907, it shall be the duty of the State Treasurer to receive the said amount from said Company in lieu of sad tax until otherwise directed by the le.4islature of this State. but noching in this Section i !hall be construed to repeal, modify, or in any manner affect Act not to re- J peal chapter the provisions of said Chapter 458, Volume 12, Laws of Dela- 458, Volume 12 ware, otherwise than to suspend the cdlection of said tax for 1 i any year in which the said Company shall pay the gross ( Not to be eon- amount aforesaid in the manner aforesaid in lieu of said tax; 1 strued as con- and nothing herein shall be construed as a contract exempt- tract exempt, ( frig from taxes ing the said Company from such taxation as may hereafter be 1 hereafter Ira- imposed by law. ] Chapter 358, Section 5. That Chapter 36S, Volume 14, Laws of Dela- c Volume 14, xepealed ware passed at Dover, April i r, 1873, entitled "An Act re- ( 'ating to the taxes of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bat- t tianore Railroad Company" be and Ole same is hereby re- I _pealed. 1 C Approved March 25, A. D. 1907. I I "1 E. LAWS Or DRLAWARE. 77 OP PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 43. OP PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to Amend Chapter 18 of Volume 22, Laws of Delaware, entitled ci "An Act to Re-adjust the Amounts to be Paid by 'The Delaware Railroad Company', in Commutation of its State Taxes". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met : Section 1. That Chapter 18 c-,f Voltime 22, Laws of Dela- ig,dri 11 ware be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all ' e of Section i thereof after the words "S?ction i" and by sub-stituting therefor as a new Section the following, to wit: That the Treasurer of the State be and he is hereby author- State Treasurer ized and directed to accept and receive from The Delaware rgnootveleaviEre, Railroad Company in the year of our Lord one thousand nine R. R. Co. hundred and seven, and in each and every year thereafter until otherwise directed by the Legislature, the annual sum of wenty Thousand Dollars, to be paid in equal quarterly in- an4o uunet of stallments of Five Thousand Dollars each on the first days of April, July, October, and January in each year, the first pay- How paid ment of Five Thousand Dollars to be made on the first day of April A. D. 1907, which said payments shall be in lieu of all VtlellieroYfTInt taxes which may hereafter become due from said Company taxes in each year as aforesaid, under any and all laws of this State, occepting such taxes as may become due under the pro- Except visions of an Act entitled, "An Act relating to Taxes for County and Municipal purposes", being Chapter 241, Volume 18, Laws of Delaware, passed at Dover, March 31, 1887; and upon each payment thereof in the manner afore-said, the State Treasurer shall execute and deliever to said Company a proper acquittance therefor; provided, however, Igactexerefietrurer that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to re-acquittance peal, modify or in any manner affect any existing law impos- Not to modify ing taxes upon the said Company, otherwise than to suspend T:griVetnlYv collection of said taxes in any year in which the said Com-pany shall pay to the State Treasurer the amounts specified' in this Act, nor shall the provisions of this Act, or anything 78 LAWS OF DELAWARE. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. or be con-strued ass con- herein contained, be construed into a contract exempting the tract exempt. said Company from the payiiient of such taxes as the Legis-log said Co. from payment lature of this State may hereafter impose upon said Company. of taxes here-after imposed Approved March 25, A. D. 1907. CHAPTER 44. OP PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to Re-adjust the Amounts to be Paid by "The Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad Company", in Commutation of its State Taxes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Refiresentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: B. & P. R. R. Section i. That if "The Baltimore and Philadelphia Rail- Co., tax of road Company" shall pay to the State Treasurer, for the use aAmnonuuanlt of of the State the annual sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars, in How paid equal semi-annual instalments on the first day of April, and the first day of October in the year A. D. 1907, and on said In lieu of what days in each and every year thereafter. in commutation of all taxes taxes under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to raise reveune for this State", passed at Dover, August II, 1864, and of the Act entitled "An Act taxing Railroad and Canal Companies in this State", passed at Dover, April 8, 1869, and of an Act entitled "A Supplement to an Act en-titled 'An Act to incorporate the purchasers of the Wilming-ton and Western Railroad' ", passed at Dover, March r, 1884 such payments shall be accepted and received in commuta-tion and payment of the taxes which would be otherwise col-lectible from said Company under the provisions of the three several Acts aforesaid. Section 2. That this Act shall not in any wise abrogate, repeal or alter the provisions of either of the Acts mentioned !LAWS OF DELAWARE. 79 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. -and referred to in Section z of this Act, but shall only operate Act csity to to suspend the execution and enforcement of the said several Vail act/ Acts, so long as such semi-annual payments shall be regularly laTfuaal= :and promptly mane, or until it shall be otherwise provided by mr/r are law. And further, that nothing herein contained shall be con- Nor be:so Iclo- -strued as a contract exempting or relieving the said company tract exempt-from any tax or taxes, which may be hereafter imposed by ifiginliaiigt% law. legislation . Section 3. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act he and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 25, A. D. 1907. 8o LAWS OF DELAWARE. Sec. 21, Chap. 117, Vol. 18, amended Penalty for violation of Act OF PUBLIC REVENUE. CHAPTER 45. Or PUBLIC REVENUE. AN ACT to Amend Section 23 of Chapter 117, Volume 13, Laws of Dela-ware, entitled "An Act to Raise Revenue and Provide for the Current. Expenses of the State Government", passed March 22nd, 1857, Providing that Express Companies shall Transport Free of Charge all Books, Papers. and Public Documents for the State Treasurer and Auditor of Accounts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Robresentatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met: Section i. That Section 23 of Chapter 117, Volume 13,. Laws of Delaware, be and the same is hereby amended by in-serting the words "State Treasurer, Auditor of Accounts't between the word "State" and the word "or" where said words first occur in line five of said section. Section 2. That Section 23 of Chapter 117, Volume 13, Laws of Delaware, be further amended by adding after the last word in said Section 23 the following, "And, if any per-son who is authorized by this Act to send or receive free-books, papers or public documents, shall ship or receive the eame under the provisions of this Act, and said shipment shall not exclusively contain such books, papers or public docu-ments, but shall contain other matter not intended by the provisions of this Act to be carried free; and any such person so shipping or receiving said shipment shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof by indictment he shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars nor more than Five Hundred Dollars, besides costs." Approved March 21, A. D. 1907. LAWS OF DtLAWARE. OP PUBLIC RBVENUE. CHAPTF,12. 46. OP PUBLIC REVENUE, t. AN ACT Imposing a State Tax upon State Banks, National Banks, Saving Banks, Trust and Loan Companies and Providing for the Col-s. leetion thereof. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met.. Section 1. That every State Bank, National Bank, Sav-state tax on ings Bank, trust and loan company doing business in this State banks,,te. State shall pay to the State for the privilege of exercising its corporate franchises or carrying on its business in such cor-porate or organized capacity in this State an annual tax, which shall be one-fifth of one per cent= upon the amount Rate of tax of its capital stock, surplus and undivided profits. Section 2. That every corporation or company or associa-tion liable to pay a tax under this Act shall, within the month of April, A. D. nineteen hundred and seven, and annually thereafter, make a written report to the Insurance Commis- bairitr, sioner, upon blanks prepared and furnished by said Commis- =NV° sioner for that purpose, of the amount of its capital stock, to contain surplus and undivided profits, for the date for which he shall call for a statement during said month of April. Section 3. That every report or statement required by this Act shall have annexed thereto, the affidavit of the Cash- pitorinvyivxme-, ier, Treasurer or Trust Officer of the corporation or company made or association, attested by three of the directors, to the effect that the statements contained therein are true. The In-surance Commissioner may prescribe the form in which such report shall be made and the form of oath thereto. When so prescribed such forms shall be used in making the report or statement for the purpose of taxation udder this Act. The report or statement shall be made by the Corporation, Within what 'Company or association within twenty days from the time of titigemaiativ 6 :*82 LAWS OF DELAWARE.' OF PUBLIC REVENUE. 7Pena1ty`for the call for said report or statement under a penalty of 41610,7 Twenty dollars for each and every day exceeding the twenty days. in report is Section 4. That in case any report or statement required unsatiiiactory . 'Insurance by this Act shall be unsatisfactory to the Insurance Commis- 'Comm issioner . 'may maize up stoner or if such report is not made as herein required, the a report and state an ac- insurance Commissioner is authorized to make an estimate of -count as basis .of tax the amount of the capital stock, surplus and undivided profits of any bank or company or association liable to taxation un-der the Act, from any such report or statement or from any other data and to order and state an account according to the estimate and value so made by him for the taxes and other charges due the State from such bank, trust and loan company. Insurance The Insurance Commissioner shall also have power to ex- Commissioner . inay examine amine or cause to be examined in case of a failure to receive such banks Aston the report, or in case the report or statement is unsatisfac-tory, to him, the books and records of any such corporation, company or association and may hear testimony and take proofs material for this information to properly make up a tax statement. 'Insurance The Insurance Commissioner shall therefrom, or from any COMnlissioner may state an other data which shall seem to him to be satisfactory order account for taxes due with and state an account for the tax due the State, together eXPOIISCS with the expense of such examination and the taking of such testimony and proofs. Such expenses shall be fixed and ad-justed by the Insurance Commissioner. limurance Section 5. That upon auditing and stating every account iniistm4ger for taxes or other charges under this Act, the Insurance such bank of account stated Commissioner shall forthwith send notice thereof in writing to the corporation, company, or association against which the same is made, which notice may be mailed to the post-office address of such corporation, company or association. Section 6. That the tax imposed by this Act shall be due Tax, when due and payable to the Insurance Commissioner before the first day of Tune of each and every year. If such tax is not paid within twenty days after the same becomes due, the corpora-tion, company or association liable to pay the same shall pay, ZAWS OP DELAWARE. 83 OP PUBLIC REVENUE. to the Insurance Commissioner in addition to the amount of such tax, a sum equal to five per centurn thereof and one per ginar y for centum additional for each month the tax remains unpaid, which sum shall be added to the tax and paid or collected Ltherewith Every corporation, company or association failing to makePaltyt of or the report or statement required by this Act, shall forfeit to rfeapilourrte m the State the sum of One Hundred dollars for every such failure and the additional sum of twenty dollars for each day that such failure continues. Such tax shall be a lien upon and bind all the real and TIM ft lien personal property of the corporation, company or association liable to pay the same from the time when it is payable until the same is paid in full. Section 7. That the Insurance Commissioner may at any Insurance time within one year from the time any such report shall haveiT'anALVen:Irld been audited and stated. and notice thereof sent to the bank rotdoinuns: such or company against which it is stated, revise and readjust such account on application therefor by the corporation, Upon whose company or association against which the account is application stated or by the attorney general, and if it shall be made to z.ppear upon any such application by evidence submitted to him or otherwise, that any such account included taxes or other charges which could not have been lawfully demanded, or that payment has been lawfully made or exacted of any such account, he shall resettle the same according to law and ell. et tluepmoeun t the facts, and charge or credit, as the case may require, the hearing difference, if any, resulting from such revision or resettlement upon the accounts for taxes of or against any such corpora-tion, company or association. The Insurance Commissioner shall forthwith send written notice of his determination upon arostuicreatocte such application to the applicant, which notice may be sent by Commissioner mail to the applicant's post-office address. Section 8. That the determination of the Insurance Com-missioner upon any application made to hilm by any corpora-tion, company or association for a revision and resettlement of any account, as prescribed in this Act, may be reviewed -both upon the law and the facts, upon appeal to the Superior 'Court, by the judges of the Superior Court, at the instance of tupppeeral to or Court 84 LAWS OF DELAWARE.. OF PUBLIC REVENUE. any corporation, company or association affected thereby,, and in the name and on the behalf of the State. For the pur- Duty of pose of such review the Insurance Commissioner shall return,. Insurance Commissioner on such appeal the accounts and all the evidence before him, In appeal on such application, and all the papers and proofs upon the original statement of such account and all proceedings there-on. If the original or resettled account shall be found erron-eous or illegal, either in point of law or of fact, by the judges of the Superior Court, upon such review, the account review-ed shall then be corrected and restated, and from any deter-mination of the judges of the Superior Court upon any such Appeal to review, an appeal to the Supreme Conrt may be taken by Supreme Court either party. Section 9. That no appeal to review any audit and state-ment of an account or any determination by the Insurance Commissioner under this Act, shall be 'granted unless taken FtZirlii'Mri, within thirty days after the service of the notice of such de-mo* be taken termination. The full amount of the taxes and other charges, audited and stated in such account, must be deposited with Appeal Bond the Insurance Commissioner before taking the appeal and a bond filed with the Insurance Commissioner in such amount and with such sureties as a judge of the Superior Court shall approve, to the effect that if the determination of the Insur-ance Commissioner is affirmed, the applicant taking the ap-peal will pay all the costs and charges which may aecrue against it, includnig costs of all appeals. Section 10. That after the expiration of thirty days from the sending by the Insurance Commissioner of a notice of a statement of an account as provided in this Act, unless the amount of such account shall have been paid, or deposited with the Insurance Commissioner, if an appeal has been taken to review the same, and the bond given as provided in this Bond, enforced Act, the Insurance Commissioner may issue a warrant under. hOW his hand and official seal, directed to the sheriff of any county of the State, commanding him to levy upon and sell the real and personal property of the corporation, company or as-sociation against which said account is stated, found withill his county for the payment of the amount thereof and costs. of executing the warrant, and return such warrant to the In-surance Commissioner and pay to him the money collected, LAWS OF DELAWARE. 85 OF PUBLIC REVENUE. by virtue thereof, by a time to be therein specified, not less than sixty days from the date of the warrant. Such warrant 'shall be a lien upon and bind the real and personal property of the corporation, company or association against which it is issued, from the time an actual levy shall be made by virtue thereof. The sheriff to whomany such warrant shall be di- -meted shall proceed upon the same without further writ or inquisition, and sell any personal or real property seized there-under upon like advertisement and notice as is prescribed by law in respect to sales upon execution issued against property upon judgements of a court of record. Section IL That an action may be brought by the Attor- Action brought to recover taxes mey General, at the instance of the Insurance Commissioner, in the name of the State, to recover the amount of any ac- .count audited and stated by the Insurance Commissioner under the provisions of this Act. If any such account shall remain unpaid by any bank, savings bank, trust company or loan association incorporated under th |
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